Name not reported

A Black man held in a county jail was taken from his cell on the night of Tuesday, March 23, 1869, by a disguised mob, and was burned to death. The Washington Standard reported the killing on April 3, 1869, but the account gives no name for him. It does not say how the mob entered the jail or whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed him over. The county is not confirmed, because the surviving text is garbled.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Washington Standard, April 3, 1869, page 2 Washington Standard, April 3, 1869