Died in jail or a lockup
Wm Shroeder
Wm Shroeder was one of the men held in the Baltimore jail in July 1812 when a mob broke in and killed them, according to a letter from a friend in Baltimore printed in the Kentucky Gazette. The letter says the men had given themselves up to civil authority before the mob attacked. The account is secondhand, and it is the only record of his death in these sources.
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 had given himself up to civil authority.
Reported by: a letter from a friend in Baltimore, printed in the Kentucky Gazette (reporters).