Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 1921 · Bradford County, Florida

A Black man held in the jail in Starke, Florida, was taken from the building by a mob in May 1921 and killed, according to an Associated Press report published in The Log Cabin Democrat on May 9, 1921.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).

News report