Lee Slatter

Lee Slatter, a Black man, was held in the jail at Monroe, North Carolina. According to the National Tribune, a crowd of citizens broke into the jail on a Wednesday morning in March 1885, took him, and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town. The Wessington Springs Herald reported the same killing in a brief item. Neither account says whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the crowd, gave up the keys, or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of citizens broke Lee Slatter out of the Monroe jail and hanged him from a tree, according to the accounts; the accounts do not say whether jail staff resisted.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The National Tribune, March 12, 1885, page 12 The National Tribune, March 12, 1885
• Wessington Springs Herald, March 27, 1885, page 2 Wessington Springs Herald, March 27, 1885