Kinch Freeman
Kinch Freeman was being held in the jail at Winton, North Carolina, when, on the night of December 23, 1890, a mob of about 180 masked men surrounded the building, according to a dispatch from Aulander published in the Norfolk Landmark. Three of the men, with a fourth tied up, told the jailer they had a prisoner to lock up, and when he opened the door, the men overpowered him and bound and gagged him. The mob took Freeman from his cell and hanged him from a rafter. The sheriff found him there the next morning when he arrived at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Norfolk Landmark dispatch from Aulander, N.C. says a masked mob overpowered the jailer at Winton, took Kinch Freeman from his cell and hanged him.
Reported by: Norfolk Landmark (reporters).