Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black men, both surnamed Ware, were held in the jail at Thornton. According to a correspondent quoted in The Osceola Times, a mob took them from the jail and lynched them. The men are not identified by first name in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A correspondent quoted in the paper says a mob took the two men from the Thornton jail and lynched them.
Reported by: another correspondent quoted in the paper.