Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
A person held in the jail at Marshall, Missouri, was taken from the jail by a mob and burned to death on July 19, 1859, according to a St. Louis dispatch printed in the Richmond Enquirer on July 22, 1859. The mob took them from the jail, where they had been held in custody. The mob burned them to death, and the account names the crowd only as a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: St. Louis dispatch printed in the Richmond Enquirer (reporters).