Died in custody
Name not reported
In June 1895, a Black man held by guards in Florida was seized from them on a road by masked men, according to a news dispatch published in The Coeur d'Alene Press. The dispatch says the guards, outnumbered ten to one, complied with the masked men's demands. The men took him into the woods, where he was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that masked men seized him from the guards on the road and killed him in the woods, and that the guards, outnumbered ten to one, complied with their demands.
Reported by: news dispatch.