Deaths in Custody
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Will Larkins

died November 9, 1929 · Florida

Will Larkins was held in a Tallahassee jail, according to the Brownsville Herald of November 10, 1929. The paper reported that a mob took him from that jail on November 9, 1929, and killed him. According to the paper, he was hanged with a strand of wire and shot, and his body was found beside a railroad grade crossing on the Midway road near Quincy, Florida.

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

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