Died in jail or a lockup
Lands Patrick
Lands Patrick, a Black man, was held in the Beaufort jail in North Carolina. On the night of Wednesday, June 14, 1899, a lynching party took him from the jail and shot him to death near Morehead City. The Leader reported that about seventy-five shots were fired.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says a lynching party took him from the Beaufort jail and shot him near Morehead City, with about seventy-five shots fired.
Reported by: newspaper report.