Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is not given in the sources was held at a county jail in Florida. On the night of December 17, 1891, according to the Times-Union dispatch reprinted in the New-York Tribune, a mob overpowered the sheriff, took the keys, seized him from the jail and shot him to death near the building. The dispatch says this was the second Black man the same mob took from that jail. The dispatch is the only account cited here of the sheriff's resistance and the mob's entry.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Times-Union dispatch reports a mob took him from the county jail and shot him to death near the jail.
Reported by: The Times-Union (dispatch) (reporters).