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 a Sunday morning in May 1911, according to The Coalville Times. The paper reports that the mob tricked the sheriff's young son into handing the men over with a bogus telegram. The men were shot to death, and citizens found their 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.