Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Church

Catawba County, North Carolina

A man named Church was held in the jail at Newton, North Carolina, according to an October 1881 report in the American Citizen. A mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The account reports the killing but gives no further details about the man himself.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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