Name not reported

Two Black men held in the Jacksonville city jail in Florida were taken from it shortly after midnight on September 8, 1919, by a crowd of about fifty men. The crowd had first come to the jail looking for another man, whom court officials had already secretly moved to St. Augustine. The mob drove the two men by automobile to the edge of the city and shot them. Their bodies were dragged through the streets, and one was left in front of a hotel.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of about fifty men took two Black men from the Jacksonville city jail, shot them and dragged their bodies through the streets.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Bennington Evening Banner, September 9, 1919, page 1 The Bennington Evening Banner, September 9, 1919