Dudley White
Dudley White, a Black man, was taken from a jail by an armed mob and hanged in January 1874, according to a Worcester Daily Press report published January 15 that places the killing in Muhlenberg County, North Carolina, on the Monday night before publication. A later dispatch from Louisville, published January 22, reports a man named Dudly White hanged after a crowd took him from a jail. Neither account says whether jail staff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville dispatch says a crowd took Dudley White from a jail and hanged him, and the Worcester Daily Press, citing a late news report, says an armed mob hung him after taking him from a jail in Muhlenberg county.
Reported by: Louisville dispatch (reporters); Worcester Daily Press (reporters).