Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men were among four people being taken toward a jail in a Florida county on May 31, 1895, according to the Idaho County Free Press. About 50 masked men overpowered the guards, took the men from them, carried them into a swamp and killed three of them. The guards, as the account describes it, were overpowered rather than handing the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.