Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On June 2, 1895, a Black man being escorted to jail near Burlow, Florida, was in the custody of armed guards when masked men took him from them, along with two other Black men, according to the Cottonwood Report. The report says the masked men, carrying Winchester rifles, outnumbered the guards, who gave up the prisoners at gunpoint. The masked men then led the three men into a swamp, where they were killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men with Winchester rifles took the man from armed guards escorting him to jail and killed him in a swamp, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.