Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, one of four men held in Florida in late May 1895, was seized by masked men from the guards escorting him to jail. The mob took him into a swamp or woods, where he was killed, and three of the four men were killed there. His name is not given in the account. The mob's actions were carried out as the guards escorted him, and he was killed in the woods or swamp.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.