Marshall E. Price
Marshall E. Price was being held in the Denton jail in Caroline County, Maryland, in the summer of 1895. Newspaper accounts say that on the night of July 2, 1895 (some give July 1), a large crowd broke down the jail door, took him out, and hanged him from a tree in the jail yard. According to the reports, he had asked the jailers to spirit him away, but the jailers were outnumbered by about fifty to one and offered little resistance. The Baltimore Sun, as quoted by the Staunton Spectator, said the sheriff had been told not to try to remove him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Marshall E. Price from the Denton, Maryland jail in July 1895 and hanged him from a tree in the jail yard, with jailers outnumbered and offering little resistance.
Reported by: Baltimore Sun, as quoted by the Staunton Spectator (reporters); Associated Press (reporters).