Gen. Lingan
Gen. Lingan, an old Revolutionary officer described in newspaper accounts as a man of great influence in his county and greatly esteemed in Virginia, was held in the Baltimore city jail in July 1812. One evening that month a mob broke into the jail, went into the room where the prisoners were confined, and beat them with clubs and other weapons. A Baltimore correspondent quoted in the Portland Gazette said the sheriff handed over the keys to the inner apartments, and a letter reprinted in the Constitutionalist said the troops ordered to protect the prison refused to obey. One account says Gen. Lingan never recovered and was found dead in the jail, while an 1891 Evening Star report, quoting Hardy, says he was killed inside it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (neglect alleged). A mob broke into the Baltimore jail, beat the prisoners with clubs and killed him, according to the Enquirer, Hardy as quoted in the Evening Star, a Baltimore correspondent in the Portland Gazette, and a Baltimore letter reprinted in the Constitutionalist; the Portland Gazette correspondent says the sheriff handed over the keys to the inner apartments and the Constitutionalist letter says the troops ordered to protect the prison refused to obey.
Reported by: The Enquirer (reporters); Hardy, as quoted in the Evening Star (witnesses); Baltimore correspondent quoted in the Portland Gazette (reporters); a Baltimore gentleman's letter reprinted by the Constitutionalist and Weekly Magazine; a friend's letter from Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette (witnesses).