Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the St. Louis jail, awaiting trial, was taken from the jail by a mob on July 18, 1859, and burned at the stake, according to the Raftsman's Journal of July 27, 1859. The paper gives no name for him. He was one of three Black men held there at the time, the account says. The paper does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.