Died in custody
Archie Warden
Archie Warden was killed on the courthouse steps in Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, where he had been tried. An 1888 editorial in the Charlotte Messenger says he was in the hands of the high sheriff when he was killed. The editorial does not name who carried out the killing, and it does not say whether the sheriff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charlotte Messenger editorial says a mob killed him on the steps of the Fayetteville courthouse while he was in the high sheriff's hands.
Reported by: Charlotte Messenger editorial.