Name not reported
A Black man, one of four men being moved to jail near Bartow, Florida, in May 1895, was reportedly taken from the guards by masked men. A dispatch to a New York paper from Bartow, reprinted by the Indianapolis Journal in June 1895, said the mob put him to death in a swamp. A later dispatch said no trace of the missing men had been found and that many believed the lynching report was untrue.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A dispatch from Bartow, Fla., says masked men took him from guards while he was being moved to jail and put him to death in a swamp, but a second dispatch reports no trace of the men was found and believes the lynching report is untrue.
Reported by: New York paper dispatch from Bartow, Fla., reprinted in the Indianapolis Journal (reporters).