Franklin Stack
Franklin Stack was being held in the Burke County jail at Morganton, North Carolina, when about one hundred masked men came to the jail early on September 11, 1889. According to the Daily Times, citing a Charlotte dispatch, the men demanded the keys, and when the jailer refused them, they broke open his cell door with crowbars, bound him and took him to a railroad bridge, where they hanged him with another man held in the same jail. The Shenandoah Herald wrote that public sentiment did not seem to justify the lynching and that officers were seeking those responsible. Another paper reported that residents of Morganton planned to find and punish the lynchers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Times, citing a Charlotte dispatch, reports that about one hundred masked men broke into the Morganton jail with crowbars after the jailer refused their demand for keys, then took Franklin Stack and hanged him.
Reported by: The Daily Times, citing a Charlotte dispatch (reporters); Alexandria Gazette national news notice (reporters); Morgantown and Morganton newspaper reports (unnamed) (reporters).
News reports (7)
- Fort Worth Daily Gazette, September 12, 1889, page 2
- Alexandria Gazette, September 12, 1889, page 2
- The Daily Times, September 12, 1889, page 1
- Oxford Eagle, September 19, 1889, page 1
- The Russellville Democrat, September 19, 1889, page 1
- Shenandoah Herald, September 20, 1889, page 1
- The Grenada Sentinel, September 21, 1889, page 2