Willie Cook

Willie Cook was a Black man held at the jail in Fernandina, Florida. The Cape Girardeau Democrat reported in August 1895 that he was one of four men who broke out of the jail. According to the paper, bloodhounds drove the four men into the ocean, and all of them drowned.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The report says bloodhounds drove the men into the ocean and they all drowned; it does not say who set the dogs on them.

Reported by: the report.

Source

• The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 3, 1895, page 2 The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 3, 1895