Died in jail or a lockup
Lee Tyson
Lee Tyson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. On the night of September 28, 1885, a mob took him from the jail along with three other people and killed him by hanging. The next morning, the bodies were found hanging from a tree near a public road about a mile from Pittsboro.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took four prisoners from the jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina, on the night of September 28, 1885, and hanged them from a tree near the public road.
Reported by: newspaper reports of the 1885 Pittsboro lynching (reporters).