Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men held in a Florida county jail were taken from the jail by a masked mob in the early hours of Sunday, May 21, 1911, and shot to death. According to the 1911 report, 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 men are not named in the account.
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.