Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Elkton, Maryland, was taken from the jail by masked men and lynched, according to a brief item in the Pleasantville Weekly Press, which dates the death to July 3, 1895. The account gives no name for him and no details of who he was. It does not say how the mob got into the jail, or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.