Name not reported

A Black man, not named in the account, was held by guards escorting him to jail in Florida in late May 1895. A group of masked men seized him from the guards and took him into a swamp or woods. He was killed there.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men seized him from the guards escorting him to jail and killed him in a swamp or woods, according to the newspaper account.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The American Citizen, June 7, 1895, page 1 The American Citizen, June 7, 1895