Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name the Associated Press report does not give was taken from the jail in Ocohee by a mob on the night of November 2, 1920, the night after a fight broke out at the polls. The fight began when officials refused to let Mose Norman, a Black man, vote because he had not paid the poll tax. The Associated Press reported that the mob took the man from the jail and hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reports that a mob took the man from the jail in Ocohee and hanged him to a tree.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).