Died in jail or a lockup
Marshall White
Marshall White, a Black man, was held at the jail in Monmouth, Illinois, in January 1868. The Daily Ohio Statesman reported on February 1, 1868, that a sheriff's deputy shot him dead overnight while he was trying to break out of the jail. The account attributes the shooting to the deputy and describes it as an attempted escape.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A sheriff's deputy shot him dead overnight at the Monmouth, Illinois jail.
Reported by: sheriff's deputy, Monmouth, Illinois jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.