Died in jail or a lockup
Harriet Finch
Harriet Finch, a Black woman, was one of four people held in the Pittsboro, North Carolina jail in October 1885. According to the Gloucester County Democrat, a band of about a hundred disguised men forced the jailer to hand over the keys, took her from her cell, and hanged her with three others from a tree about a mile from town. The jailer is reported to have surrendered the keys to the mob. The Pittsboro jail held her when the mob took her and killed her.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.