Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Saline County jail in Marshall, Missouri, was seized by a mob while being moved in custody, according to a St. Louis newspaper account reprinted in the New-York Daily Tribune in March 1860. The account says the mob stripped him, chained him to a stake and burned him alive in July 1859. The same report says the mob also took two other Black men from the jail. The man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: St. Louis newspaper account reprinted in the New-York Daily Tribune (reporters).