Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Duval County, Florida

A mob took a person out of the jail at Jacksonville, Florida, and hanged them, according to a report in the Idaho County Free Press published March 6, 1891. They were being held in that jail with one other person at the time. Their death is recorded as a lynching from custody, a killing by a mob of someone the state was holding.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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