Name not reported

A Black man held in custody by guards in Florida in June 1895 was taken away by a group of masked men who came for him at gunpoint. The men carried him into the woods, where he was killed. A news dispatch reported him as the third Black man taken from guards and killed in this way.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news dispatch.

Source

• The Coeur D'Alene Press, June 8, 1895, page 1 The Coeur D'Alene Press, June 8, 1895