Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1906, a mob took a Black man from a jail in Florida and shot him to death. Circuit Judge J. B. Wall, opening court in Tampa, told the grand jury to investigate the lynching and said that everyone who took part was guilty of murder under the law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Judge J. B. Wall told the grand jury that a mob took a Black man from a jail in Tampa, Florida, and shot him to death.
Reported by: Judge J. B. Wall (court).