Henry Davis
Henry Davis was held in the Annapolis jail in Maryland on December 21, 1906. Early that morning, a masked mob of about thirty to sixty men broke into the jail, took him from his cell, and carried him to a hill outside town, where they hanged him from a tree and shot him. Newspaper accounts report that the warden gave up the keys at pistol point, that the deputy sheriff said he was told to go up the stairs, and that officers offered little or no resistance. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death at the hands of persons unknown, and the state's attorney was reported to have said he would seek to identify those responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Henry Davis from the Annapolis jail, where the warden surrendered the keys at pistol point, and hanged and shot him; a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death at the hands of persons unknown.
Reported by: Annapolis jail warden and deputy sheriff (the agency that held him); coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); Associated Press (reporters).
News reports (8)
- San Antonio Daily Light, December 21, 1906, page 1
- Americus Times-Recorder, December 22, 1906, page 1
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, December 22, 1906, page 1
- The Montgomery Advertiser, December 22, 1906, page 1
- Bryan Morning Eagle, December 22, 1906, page 8
- Daily Public Ledger, December 22, 1906, page 2
- Gainesville Daily Sun, December 24, 1906, page 1
- The Free Lance, December 25, 1906, page 4