Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the Gainesville jail was taken from it by a mob on February 17, 1891, and hanged. A second man held there was taken and hanged in the same way, according to a dispatch datelined Jacksonville and printed in The Morning Call on February 19, 1891.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.