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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 16, 1886 · Florida

A mob of about 300 men took a brother of Dan Mann from a Florida jail on May 16, 1886, together with Dan Mann himself, according to The Argus. While the mob was hanging Dan Mann, the brother broke loose and ran, but he was caught and hanged. The account gives no name for him and does not say how the jail's officers responded to the mob.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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