Marbine, James (c. 1873 – Unknown)

James Marbine, an African American from Tompkinsville, Staten Island, was almost lynched on September 4th, 1906. He quarreled with a man named Charles Curry over the Gans-Nelson fight. Marbine knocked Curry down and fired a shot into his leg, after which a crowd of men attempted to lynch him. Policemen appeared in time to prevent Marbine being hanged.