Died in jail or a lockup
Dr Parry Warfield
A mob broke into the Baltimore jail in July 1812 and killed Dr Parry Warfield, according to a letter from a friend in Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette that August. The letter says the men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked them. Warfield was one of the men the mob killed at the jail, the letter reports.
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 and killed him after he and others had given themselves up to civil authority.
Reported by: a letter from a friend in Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette (reporters).