Name not reported

According to a 1916 newspaper report based on despatches, a mob of about 200 men entered the Newberry, Florida jail quietly, took five Black people held there, and carried them about a mile from town. The five were hanged from a single oak tree, and the report says no shots were fired. The names of the five are not given in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Press despatches report that a mob of about 200 men took five people from the Newberry, Florida jail and hanged them from an oak tree.

Reported by: press despatches.

Source

• The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, August 21, 1916, page 2 The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, August 21, 1916