Died in jail or a lockup
Wm Gaither
In July 1812 a mob broke into the Baltimore jail and killed Wm. Gaither, one of the men held there, according to a letter from a friend in Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette that August. The letter says the men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A letter from a friend in Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette, says a mob broke into the Baltimore jail and killed him after he and others had given themselves up to civil authority.
Reported by: a letter from a friend in Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette (reporters).