Joseph Marshall
Joseph Marshall, a Black man, was held in custody near St. Louis, Missouri, in December 1867. The Daily National Intelligencer reported that he was held in the jail at Venice, a small town near St. Louis, and that on Thursday night, December 19, a number of Germans took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. The New York Herald reported that a constable in St. Louis was holding him and that a party of Germans took him from the constable on Thursday night and killed him by lynching. The two papers differ on the place and the date, and in both accounts a mob took Joseph Marshall from custody and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of Germans took Joseph Marshall from the jail at Venice, near St. Louis, and hanged him from a tree, according to the summary of the 1867 accounts, while the New York Herald reported he was taken from a constable and lynched.
Reported by: The New York Herald (reporters).