Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man named in the newspaper's OCR text as Chatila Wright was held by officers who had brought him into town in Florida. On Friday night, December 8, 1922, a mob of several thousand men took him from them and burned him at the stake, according to the account. The officers' conduct at the time of the seizure is not described in the account, and the man's age, family and other personal details are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.