Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Smith
Charles Smith was held in a North Carolina jail in December 1884, and newspapers reported that a band of masked men took him from it at night. The accounts say they carried him to the Neuse River, weighted him with handcuffs and shackles, threw him from a bridge, and that he drowned around December 23. One report, datelined Raleigh, names him alongside Henry Davis as taken in the same way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of masked men took Charles Smith from a North Carolina jail, weighted him with handcuffs and shackles, and threw him from a bridge into the Neuse River, where he drowned.
Reported by: news reports.