Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 2 people whose names were not reported

died October 5, 1907 · Allegany County, Maryland

A Black person held at the jail in Cumberland, Maryland, was taken from the jail by a mob early on the morning of October 5, 1907. According to an Associated Press report, the mob shot and kicked them to death. The person died while in the jail's custody, after a mob seized them there.

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

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).

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