Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Marshall jail was taken from it on July 19, 1859, by a mob of several hundred people, who hanged him. The Pioneer and Democrat reported that the sheriff, his deputies and the jailer were driven off as the crowd took him from the jail. The account describes the mob as several hundred people and gives no further detail about who was involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.