Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Westover, Maryland, was taken from the building by a mob of about four hundred men on June 13, 1894, and shot to death. The account gives no name for him. It does not say how the mob got into the jail or whether jail staff resisted, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reporting of the 1894 Westover, Maryland mob (reporters).