Died in custody
Ephraim Muchler
Ephraim Muchler, a Black man, was in the custody of officers who were taking him to Douglass on May 22, 1893, when a mob overpowered them. According to the Alexandria Gazette, the mob took him and another man from the officers and hanged both from the same tree, and the article says their bodies were riddled with bullets. The paper does not report whether the officers resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.