Davis
Davis, a 28-year-old Black man, was being held in the lockup at Brooklyn, a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, in December 1911. According to the coroner's jury, a group of men entered the lockup, went to his cell, struck him unconscious, and dragged him about two hundred yards from the station, where they shot him several times. A passerby found his body hours later and notified police. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that he died from bullet wounds inflicted by parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he died from gunshot wounds and a blow to the head inflicted by parties unknown after a small group of men entered the Brooklyn lockup, struck him unconscious, and shot him.
Reported by: Coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).