Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

John Daniels

died February 6, 1919 · Onslow County, North Carolina

John Daniels, a Black man, was held in the jail at Jacksonville, North Carolina, in February 1919. A brief wire report published in the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic says a mob took him from the jail and lynched him on February 6, 1919.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief wire report says a mob took John Daniels from the Jacksonville jail near Newbern, North Carolina, and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports.

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