Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in the Marshall jail on July 19, 1859, when a mob of several hundred people came to the building. The sheriff, his deputies and the jailer were driven off, and the crowd took him from his cell. The mob set him on fire and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.