Died in jail or a lockup
George Ervin
George Ervin, a Black man, was one of three men held in a North Carolina jail when a mob took him and two others from the jail, according to The Daily Morning Journal And Courier of August 7, 1906. The paper reports that the men were taken to Henderson's ball grounds at the edge of town, where they were questioned, and then hanged from a tree and shot. The article gives no account of whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George Ervin and two others from the North Carolina jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body, according to the news account.
Reported by: news account of the lynching.