Name not reported

In August 1916, according to newspaper despatches, five Black people held in the jail at Newberry, Florida, were taken from it by a mob of about 200 men. The despatches said the mob entered the jail quietly and that no shots were fired. The men were carried about a mile from town and hanged from a single oak tree. Their names were not given in the reports.

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

Reported by: newspaper despatches.

Source

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