Name not reported

A Black man held in the county jail at Martinsburg, West Virginia, was taken from the jail by a mob on Saturday night, August 15, 1874, and hanged, according to the Monmouth Inquirer. The paper reports that with the rope around his neck he maintained his innocence and said he did not know who had committed the offense. The mob's taking of him from the jail is the only account of how the jail and its keepers responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Monmouth Inquirer, August 20, 1874, page 2 The Monmouth Inquirer, August 20, 1874