Died in custody
Name not reported
In June 1895, four Black men were being moved toward a jail in Florida in the custody of their guards. According to a newspaper dispatch from Burlow, Fla., about fifty masked men with rifles took the four men from the guards and led them into the woods. The dispatch says three of the four men were killed there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper dispatch from Burlow, Fla. (reporters).