Died in jail or a lockup
Davidson
Davidson, a Black man, was being taken by officers from a justice's court toward the county jail at Statesville, North Carolina, when a crowd took him from the guard. According to a telegram printed in The Daily Dispatch, the crowd hanged him on Saturday night, December 21, 1878. Earlier that same Friday, a crowd had seized him during a court recess and hung him until a justice intervened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper telegram.