Died in custody
Name not reported
On May 30, 1895, masked men seized a Black man from the guards escorting him to jail in Florida. The mob took him and other men into a swamp or woods, where three of the men were killed. He was in the guards' custody when the mob took him from them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men seized the man from the guards escorting him to jail and killed him in a swamp or woods.
Reported by: news reports.