Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Cumberland, Maryland, jail was killed in 1911 when a mob stormed the building to lynch him, according to a 1920 obituary of Rev. William Cleveland Hicks cited by the Evening Star. The obituary says Hicks defended the man and kept the crowd from taking the body. The man's name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Evening Star, citing the obituary of Rev. William Cleveland Hicks (reporters).