Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man surnamed Ware was held in the jail at Thornton when, according to a correspondent quoted in The Osceola Times in August 1899, a mob broke in and took him from custody and lynched him. The article gives no first name, date, or account of whether jail staff resisted or handed him over. The only source is the correspondent's report, and the paper gives no other details about the man or his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A correspondent quoted in the paper says a mob took a Black man surnamed Ware from the Thornton jail and lynched him.
Reported by: another correspondent quoted in the paper.