Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 1812 · Baltimore

A man whose name is not known was among those killed when a mob broke into the Baltimore jail in July 1812. According to a letter printed in the Kentucky Gazette, he and the other men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked. The mob broke in and killed him while he was held at the jail.

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

Reported by: letter printed in the Kentucky Gazette (reporters).

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