Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Tallahassee, Florida, was taken from it by a mob on Sunday, February 7, 1897. According to a news item published in The Hartford Herald three days later, the mob hanged him and shot him. He died at the hands of the mob while in the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news item.