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