Jim Hotton

Jim Hotton worked as a coachman for Dr. Taylor of Washington, D.C. According to a Raleigh, N.C. dispatch printed in The Daily Ardmoreite in March 1902, he was taken from a jail in a North Carolina town the night before and lynched by a large crowd. The dispatch says telephone and telegraph wires were cut to keep news of the killing from spreading.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Raleigh, N.C. dispatch printed in The Daily Ardmoreite says a large crowd took Jim Hotton from a jail and lynched him.

Reported by: Raleigh, N.C. dispatch as printed in The Daily Ardmoreite (reporters).

Source

• The Daily Ardmoreite, March 27, 1902, page 6 The Daily Ardmoreite, March 27, 1902