Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
Two Black men were held at the county jail in Live Oak, Florida, in December 1891, and their names were not reported. According to the Indianapolis Journal, a mob of about one hundred armed men overpowered the sheriff, took the keys and entered the jail. The men removed the two from their cells, bound them to trees near the jail and shot them. The sheriff's own account of his conduct is not given in the report, and the men's families are not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper account of the Live Oak county jail mob (reporters).