Allison
Allison was a man held in the Surry County jail in Dobson, North Carolina, when about twenty masked men arrived on September 13, 1892, saying they had a prisoner to deliver. They overpowered the jailer, took the key to Allison's cell, and led him out in his night clothes. According to a coroner's inquest reported by the Richmond Dispatch, the mob hanged him from a white-oak tree about two miles from Dobson. No one could be identified as part of the mob, though horse tracks and horses taken from local stables were reported near the scene.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest reported that a masked mob took Allison from the Surry County jail and hanged him from a white-oak tree, after overpowering the jailer and taking his cell key.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); Dispatch correspondent (reporters).