Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was lynched by a mob on the night of Tuesday, May 23, 1893, according to a short item in the Daily Kennebec Journal of May 25, 1893. The item reports that the mob took him from the officers holding him and killed him. The same item says a second man was taken from officers by the same mob that night and lynched. The item's text is garbled in places, so neither man's name nor the place where he was held can be read from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.