Name not reported

A Black man, identified in the Evening World's 1895 account only by a garbled surname, was held in the jail at Ellicott City, Maryland. The paper reports that a mob broke into the jail in the early hours of May 28, 1895, took him and hanged him from a tree on a lawn. The article says there had been no threats of violence beforehand.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Evening World (reporters).

Source

• The Evening World, May 28, 1895, page 8 The Evening World, May 28, 1895