Died in custody
Name not reported
A man was taken by a mob near Pensacola, Florida, on the night of March 13, 1878, and killed, according to an 1878 newspaper account. The sheriff's posse is reported to have resisted the lynchers, and one attacker was said to have been killed and five wounded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper accounts.