Died in custody
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
On April 24, 1908, two Black men who were in the custody of officers taking them away were seized in Millville, Florida, according to a special dispatch from Pensacola published in The Montgomery Advertiser. The dispatch reported that a mob of white men took the men from the officers, hanged them from the first tree they reached, and then shot their bodies. The Advertiser printed the account on April 26, 1908.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Pensacola newspaper dispatch reported that a mob seized two Black men from officers who were taking them away and hanged them from a tree, then shot their bodies.
Reported by: Pensacola newspaper special dispatch (reporters).