Albert Martin

Albert Martin, a Black man, was held in the county jail at Port Huron, Michigan. Early on Monday, May 27, 1889, a mob of about fifty masked men overpowered the turnkey, who said he did not have the keys, broke through the cell doors and dragged Martin out through the sheriff's office and into the street. The mob hanged him from an iron bridge stringer, and according to the newspaper accounts his body was left hanging afterward. The accounts say the sheriff and police had ignored earlier talk of lynching, and no member of the mob was arrested.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Albert Martin from the Port Huron county jail in May 1889 and hanged him from a bridge; the turnkey said he did not have the keys, and the sheriff and police had ignored earlier talk of lynching.

Reported by: Port Huron news report (reporters); Associated Press dispatch (reporters); Journal special dispatch (reporters); Watchman And Southron reprint of a Michigan newspaper report (reporters); Special dispatch from Port Huron, as printed in the Detroit dateline (reporters); The Enterprise (reporters).

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• Alexandria Gazette, May 27, 1889, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, May 27, 1889
• The Evening World, May 27, 1889, page 1 The Evening World, May 27, 1889
• Richmond Dispatch, May 28, 1889, page 3 Richmond Dispatch, May 28, 1889
• Rock Island Daily Argus, May 28, 1889, page 2 Rock Island Daily Argus, May 28, 1889
• The Indianapolis Journal, May 28, 1889, page 1 The Indianapolis Journal, May 28, 1889
• New-York Tribune, May 28, 1889, page 1 New-York Tribune, May 28, 1889
• The Evening World, May 28, 1889, page 4 The Evening World, May 28, 1889
• The Sun, May 28, 1889, page 3 The Sun, May 28, 1889
• Pittsburg Dispatch, May 28, 1889, page 7 Pittsburg Dispatch, May 28, 1889
• The Watchman And Southron, May 29, 1889, page 3 The Watchman And Southron, May 29, 1889
• The Watchman And Southron, May 29, 1889, page 4 The Watchman And Southron, May 29, 1889
• The Silver State, May 29, 1889, page 1 The Silver State, May 29, 1889
• The Enterprise, May 29, 1889, page 3 The Enterprise, May 29, 1889
• The Anderson Intelligencer, May 30, 1889, page 2 The Anderson Intelligencer, May 30, 1889
• The Anderson Intelligencer, May 30, 1889, page 3 The Anderson Intelligencer, May 30, 1889
• Abilene Weekly Reflector, May 30, 1889, page 4 Abilene Weekly Reflector, May 30, 1889
• Helena Weekly Herald, May 30, 1889, page 3 Helena Weekly Herald, May 30, 1889
• Grant County Herald, May 30, 1889, page 2 Grant County Herald, May 30, 1889
• Bismarck Weekly Tribune, May 31, 1889, page 4 Bismarck Weekly Tribune, May 31, 1889
• The Hope Pioneer, May 31, 1889, page 2 The Hope Pioneer, May 31, 1889
• The Savannah Tribune, June 1, 1889, page 1 The Savannah Tribune, June 1, 1889
• The Lake County Star, June 6, 1889, page 2 The Lake County Star, June 6, 1889
• Weekly Expositor, June 6, 1889, page 6 Weekly Expositor, June 6, 1889
• Reporter And Farmer, June 6, 1889, page 2 Reporter And Farmer, June 6, 1889
• Griggs Courier, June 7, 1889, page 2 Griggs Courier, June 7, 1889
• Bismarck Weekly Tribune, June 7, 1889, page 7 Bismarck Weekly Tribune, June 7, 1889