Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
One of two Black brothers, both surnamed Jenkins, was among four men killed by a mob of about thirty on March 9, 1908. According to the Associated Press, as printed in the Pensacola Journal, the mob took the four men from a Jackson County deputy sheriff while they were being taken to the jail. The men were hanged by the mob after they were taken from the deputy.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob of about thirty men took the Jenkins brothers from a deputy sheriff of Jackson County and lynched them while they were on the way to jail.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).