Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was taken from the jail in Bartow, Florida, on May 29, 1901, and burned at a stake in a swamp, according to a brief report in the Hopkinsville Kentuckian two days later. It does not say who took him from the jail, or whether the jailers resisted or handed him over. The paper linked the killing to an alleged crime, but that account was not verified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper report.