Died in jail or a lockup
Isaac Kemp
Isaac Kemp, a Black man, was held at the Princess Anne jail in Somerset County, Maryland, in June 1895. An 1906 Evening Capital list of Maryland lynchings records that a mob broke into the Princess Anne jail and killed him. The list names him among the Black men it records as lynched in the county.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper's list of Maryland lynchings says a mob broke into the Princess Anne jail and killed him, though the garbled text does not state it outright.
Reported by: a newspaper's list of Maryland lynchings (reporters).