Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On May 31, 1895, three Black men were among four people being taken toward a jail in a Florida county while held in the custody of guards. According to the Idaho County Free Press, about 50 masked men took the four from the guards, carried them into a swamp, and killed three of them. The three men who died were held at the jail's transport custody when the mob seized them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.