Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held by guards in Florida in June 1895 was taken from the officers by a masked mob while being moved toward the jail. The guards were outnumbered and handed him over, according to a news dispatch. He was killed in the woods along with two other men, and the dispatch says the details of the killings could not be obtained.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that masked men took him from guards while he was being transported to the jail and killed him in the woods, and that the guards were outnumbered and handed the men over.
Reported by: news dispatch.