Name not reported
A Black man from Marianna, whose name is not recorded in the accounts, was being moved by night train to a jail in Pensacola while in the custody of the sheriff, who had hidden him under a seat. According to reports in the Pensacola News Journal and the Holmes County Advertiser, white people who had been tipped off boarded the train as it passed through Milton, took him from the sheriff, and hanged him from a telephone pole. The accounts say his body was also shot. The sheriff's handling of the mob, whether he resisted or handed the man over, is not described in these reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob boarded a night train at Milton, took the man from the sheriff who was transporting him to a Pensacola jail, and hanged him from a telephone pole, according to the Pensacola News Journal and Holmes County Advertiser.
Reported by: Pensacola News Journal (reporters); Holmes County Advertiser (reporters).