Died in jail or a lockup
Blunimer Bullock
Blunimer Bullock was a Black man held in the Warrenton jail in North Carolina. In January 1921, according to The Lakeland Evening Telegram, a mob overpowered the jailer, took Bullock and another prisoner about a mile outside town, and shot them to death. The paper reported that the killings followed a clash between white and Black residents of nearby Norlina.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the Warren County jailer, took Blunimer Bullock from custody a mile outside Warrenton and shot him to death.
Reported by: news reports.