Died in custody
Horace Carter
Horace Carter, a 40-year-old Black man, was being taken to jail in Walkerton, Virginia, on October 12, 1923, when about ten people seized him from two officers and shot him to death. Citizens who hurried to the scene found him dead, still in handcuffs. He had been in the custody of those two officers when the group took him from them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.