Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In July 1909, according to a Tallahassee editorial in The Caucasian, a group of men broke into the Tallahassee jail in Florida, took a prisoner from his cell and lynched him within sight of the state capitol. The paper said the jail's officials offered no protest against the mob. The editorial gives no name, age or race for him. The date is known only to the month, and this editorial is the sole source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Caucasian, a 1909 newspaper, reported that a mob stormed the Tallahassee jail, dragged out a prisoner and lynched him, and that officials offered no protest.
Reported by: The Caucasian (reporters).