Isaiah Council (alias John Collins)
Isaiah Council, also called John Collins, was held in a North Carolina jail near Windsor. Early on April 10, 1883, a party of masked men took him from custody and killed him by lynching. According to the Edenton dispatch in the Morning Journal and Courier, two of the masked men, with a third bound as a prisoner, tricked the jailer and got the keys. The report gives no further detail on the jail's location or on the jailer's response.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Edenton dispatch in the Morning Journal And Courier reports that a party of masked men took Council from the jail after tricking the jailer into giving up the keys, and lynched him.
Reported by: Edenton dispatch in the Morning Journal And Courier (reporters).