Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Cumberland, Maryland, jail was taken from the jail by a mob, according to a report in The Forrest City Times dated January 3, 1908. The mob shot and kicked him to death. The paper's account gives his name only in garbled form, so it cannot be confirmed, and it describes the people involved as a mob without naming them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.