Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is not legible in the surviving newspaper text was held in the jail at Frederick, Maryland. According to The Valley Virginian, a masked mob took him from the jail and killed him by hanging, and the paper reports he was shot three times while hanging. The account says officials had made preparations after rumors that Black residents would attack the jail, but it does not say whether the jailer resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took him from the Frederick, Maryland, jail and lynched him, according to the newspaper report.
Reported by: news reports.