Died in jail or a lockup
Dan White
Dan White, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Raleigh when a group of men in disguise took him out on April 28, 1875. According to a short report in the Alexandria Gazette, the men carried him into the woods and hanged him. His death was a lynching by a mob that removed him from the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Alexandria Gazette report (reporters).