Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Leon County, Florida

A Black man held in the Tallahassee, Florida, jail was taken from custody by a mob in June 1909 and killed in the jail yard, according to a report in The Citizen. The victim's name and age are not given in the available account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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