Died in jail or a lockup
Marshall Pile
Marshall Pile was held in the jail at Denton, Maryland. On the night of July 6, 1895, a mob took him from his cell and hanged him from a tree. According to the summary of the account, guards had heard of strangers in town and feared a lynching, and they were overpowered by numbers and forced to give him up. The account says the mob's leaders wore masks.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Denton, Maryland jail, where guards were overpowered by numbers and forced to give him up, and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Denton jail guards (the agency that held him); newspaper reporting on the 1895 lynching (reporters).