Died in custody
Marshall Payne
Marshall Payne was being taken to jail near Dunellen, Florida, in June 1899 when a mob seized him from the officers escorting him and drowned him, according to a New York World account reprinted in The Age-Herald that September. The account is brief, and no other source in the record confirms how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Marshall Payne from officers on the way to jail near Dunellen, Florida, and drowned him, according to a 1899 New York World report reprinted in The Age-Herald.
Reported by: New York World, as reprinted in The Age-Herald (reporters).