Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In August 1908, according to an editorial in The News reprinted by The Colorado Statesman, a mob broke into a jail in Florida, took a Black man being held there, hanged him from an electric light pole and shot his body. The editorial says guards killed three members of the mob, and two sheriff's deputies who were defending the prisoner were seriously wounded. The man's name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The News editorial, quoted in The Colorado Statesman, says a mob broke into a Florida jail, took a Black man held there, hanged him from an electric light pole and shot his body.
Reported by: The News (editorial quoted in The Colorado Statesman) (reporters).