Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of officers at Crisfield, Maryland, was taken from them on July 30, 1907, by a mob of roughly a thousand people, who lynched him. The Seward Weekly Gateway reported the killing in an account published on August 3, 1907. The report describes the mob as roughly a thousand citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob of about a thousand people took him from officers at Crisfield, Maryland, and lynched him.
Reported by: news report.