Martin

Martin, a Black man, was held at the Abingdon jail in Abingdon, Virginia, in April 1889. The Herald reported that a mob took Martin from the jail. Martin's death in that mob action is not established by the surviving text of the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Herald reported that a mob took Martin from the Abingdon jail, but the account of what followed is unreadable in the OCR text.

Source

• The Herald, April 12, 1889, page 2 The Herald, April 12, 1889