Died in jail or a lockup
Mark Pringle
Mark Pringle was one of the men killed when a mob broke 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 them. The account is second-hand and does not say how he died or who he was beyond his name.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A friend's letter from Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette, says a mob broke into the Baltimore jail in July 1812 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).