Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Marlboro, Maryland, was taken from it by a crowd that broke the building open, removed him and hanged him. The Evening Star, reporting information received from Alexandria and published in February 1860, described great excitement in the town afterward. The paper's account names the man, and it lists his family and background, nowhere. The killing is the only event the report describes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Evening Star, reporting information received from Alexandria (reporters).