Charlie Hare
Charlie Hare, a Black man, was held in the jail in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, in April 1911. According to a United Press report published the next day, on April 7 a mob broke into the jail, took him from his cell and hanged him from a telegraph pole, then fired volleys into his body. The report says authorities had believed the danger had passed and that the county judge had promised he would be tried and punished within twenty days, but the crowd was not appeased. Charlie Hare's death was a lynching by a mob that took him from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the jail, took Charlie Hare from his cell, hanged him from a telegraph pole and fired volleys into his body, according to United Press.
Reported by: United Press (reporters).