Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was taken from a jail in McClenny, Florida, in October 1920 and lynched by a mob. His name is not given in the report, which was carried by the Cordova Daily Times from an Associated Press dispatch. The report describes his death as a second lynching in the same episode. It does not say who held him in the jail or how the mob got to him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.