David Hoffman
David Hoffman was one of the men a mob killed in July 1812 after breaking into the Baltimore jail where he was held, according to a letter from a friend in Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette. The letter says the men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked them. The account is second-hand, written by a friend in a letter rather than reported by officials. It gives no further detail about how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A letter from a friend in Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette, says a mob broke into the Baltimore jail in July 1812 and killed him after he had given himself up to civil authority.
Reported by: a letter from a friend in Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette (reporters).