Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men held in a Florida county jail were taken from their cells early on Sunday, May 21, 1911, by a masked mob. The account says the sheriff's young son was tricked by a bogus telegram into handing the men over, and the mob then shot all six to death. Citizens found the bodies at daybreak.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took six Black men from a Florida county jail and shot them to death, after the sheriff's young son was tricked into handing them over with a bogus telegram.
Reported by: news reports.