Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In August 1908, a mob broke into the Pensacola county jail, took a Black man who was being held there, and lynched him, riddling his body with bullets, according to the Ocala Evening Star. The paper reported that Sheriff Van Pelt and his deputies fired on the crowd in an attempt to stop it. A member of the mob, A. N. Knowles, was shot and later died. The man who was killed was held at the jail when the mob took him, and his killing is recorded in the Star's account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Pensacola county jail, took him from custody and lynched him, riddling his body with bullets, according to the 1908 newspaper report.
Reported by: the 1908 newspaper report (reporters).