Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name was not recorded was taken from the jail in Kissimmee, Florida, by a mob on February 24, 1915, according to an Associated Press dispatch printed in The Lakeland Evening Telegram. The dispatch said the mob carried him toward Sanford and lynched him there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob took him from the Kissimmee, Florida jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).