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Died in custody

Name not reported

Folk County, Florida

A Black man was one of three men held in the custody of the sheriff in Folk County, Florida, when a mob took them and lynched them. The River Falls Journal reported the killings in a brief item published June 6, 1895. The mob took the three men from the sheriff and killed them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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