Died in jail or a lockup
James Martindale
James Martindale, 26, was being held in the jail at Carthage in Moore County, North Carolina. According to a special correspondent for The Semi-Weekly Messenger in Raleigh, a mob broke into the jail at about 3 a.m., took him out and hanged him on the outskirts of town. The correspondent's report is dated March 12, 1901, and it describes the killing as the work of the mob, not of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Semi-Weekly Messenger's Raleigh correspondent reports that a mob stormed the Carthage jail at about 3 a.m., took James Martindale out and hanged him on the outskirts of town.
Reported by: The Semi-Weekly Messenger, special correspondent from Raleigh (reporters).