Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men held in a Florida county jail were taken by a masked mob early on Sunday, May 21, 1911, and shot to death, according to a report in The Coalville Times published May 26, 1911. The report says the sheriff's young son was tricked by a bogus telegram into handing the men over to the mob. Citizens found the bodies at daybreak. The report gives no individual names for the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took six Black men from a Florida county jail after the sheriff's young son was tricked into handing them over with a bogus telegram, and shot them to death.
Reported by: historical newspaper account.