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G Richards

died July 1812 · Baltimore

G Richards was among the men a mob killed after breaking into the Baltimore jail in July 1812, according to a letter from a Baltimore friend printed in the Kentucky Gazette. The letter says the men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked. The account is second-hand, and it does not say who held them or how they were killed.

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).

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