John Jeffries
John Jeffries, a Black man, was held in the Alamance County jail in North Carolina in 1920. According to Sheriff C. D. Storey, a mob took Jeffries from the sheriff and six deputies while they were walking him toward the courthouse, put him in an automobile, and drove him away. The sheriff said the officers did not fire because resistance would have been futile, and Jeffries's body was later found near Graham riddled with bullets. The two accounts differ on the date of death and on how the seizure happened, and the sheriff's statement is the only official account reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff C. D. Storey said a mob took John Jeffries from him and six deputies, drove him away in an automobile, and that his body was found riddled with bullets.
Reported by: Sheriff C. D. Storey (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.