Died in jail or a lockup
Dave Roberta
Dave Roberta, a Black man, was held at the jail in Abbeyville, North Carolina. On Sunday night, December 31, 1882, a mob took him from the jail and killed him by lynching. A telegraph report published in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union on January 3, 1883 gave this account. The report named no one else involved in the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.