Died in jail or a lockup
Erwin McCullough
Erwin McCullough was held in the jail at Dallas, in Gaston County, North Carolina. According to the Savannah Morning News, on the night of Monday, March 31, 1884, a masked mob of about fifty men surrounded the jail. The mob overpowered the jailer, took McCullough from the building, and carried him to a tree about half a mile away. There the mob hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.