Anderson

Anderson, a Black man, was held in the custody of officers at Princess Anne, Maryland, when a mob took him from them and hanged him from a tree limb with a rope around his neck, according to The Citizen, which reported the killing in June 1897. The newspaper said the judge came down from the bench to plead with the crowd, and that the mob went ahead anyway. The Citizen's editorial treated the killing as a lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Citizen's editorial says a mob took Anderson from officers at Princess Anne, Maryland, and hanged him from a tree limb with a rope around his neck.

Reported by: The Citizen (editorial) (reporters).

Source

• The Citizen, June 11, 1897, page 4 The Citizen, June 11, 1897