Mob Boards Train Near Pensacola and Overpowers Officers Who Have Negro in Charge
Bob Matthews who has been held here for several months and who left here Tuesday morning for Pensacola did not make the entire trip as the plans of the officers were broken when they reached a small town near Pensacola. A large number of masked men boarded the train at this point and overpowered the officers and took the negro from them and lynched him shortly after. This negro has been held in the jail at this place for safe keeping and was on the way to Pensacola for a hearing in a case of assault which he was alleged to have committed.
[Contributed by Michael Strickland]