Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black people held in the jail at Newberry, Florida, were taken from their cells in August 1916 by a mob of about 200 men, according to press dispatches printed in the Brattleboro Daily Reformer. The mob carried them about a mile from town and hanged them from a single oak tree. The dispatches say the men entered the jail quietly and no shots were fired. The victims are not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Despatches report that a mob of about 200 men entered the Newberry, Florida jail quietly, took the prisoners and hanged them from an oak tree.
Reported by: despatches (wire reports) (reporters).