Died in custody
Name not reported
Three Black men were held by guards near Bartow, Florida, in 1895. According to the Osceola Times, a mob came for them at night, took them from the guards, and killed all three. The paper described the killings as a lynching carried out while the men were in custody. The same account says a fourth man was beaten and ordered to leave the country.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.