Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Madison, Florida, was one of two men a mob took from the jail and shot to death. A brief telegraph item carried by the San Antonio Daily Light on January 5, 1901, reported the killings. According to that item, the men were riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.