Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men held at the jail in Gainesville were taken from it by a mob and hanged, according to a dispatch datelined Jacksonville, February 18, 1891. One of the two men was Black. The death is reported as having happened in February 1891, and the dispatch is the only account used here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.