Jule Davidson
Davidson, a Black man, was in the custody of officers taking him from a justice's court to the county jail at Statesville, North Carolina, on Saturday, December 21, 1878. According to a telegram printed in The Daily Dispatch, a crowd took him from the guard that night and hanged him. A Charlotte Democrat report says he was held by the sheriff of Iredell County and was hanged to a tree after being taken from the sheriff. Earlier that day, according to the telegram, a crowd had seized him during a court recess and hung him until a justice intervened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took Davidson from officers and hanged him, according to a telegram printed in a newspaper, and the Charlotte Democrat reported he was taken from the sheriff and hanged to a tree.
Reported by: telegram printed in a newspaper; Charlotte Democrat (reporters).