Died in custody
Henry Wall
Henry Wall was held by officers in North Carolina, according to a dispatch datelined Mt. Airy and printed in the Daily Camera on September 7, 1897. The dispatch reports that a mob took him from the officers who held him and killed him on the afternoon of September 6, 1897. The newspaper attributes this account to its North Carolina correspondent, and the lynching is the only death it describes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch datelined Mt. Airy, North Carolina, reports that Henry Wall was taken from the officers holding him and lynched.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Mt. Airy, N.C. (reporters).