Died in jail or a lockup
Edmund Davis
Edmund Davis was being conveyed to the jail in Union County, North Carolina, under guard when a mob of about 326 men took him from the guards and hanged him. The Eaton Democrat reported the killing in a brief item published October 27, 1881. The item gives no date for the death and does not say whether the guards resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.