Lindsay

Lindsay, a Black man held in the Stokes County jail in North Carolina, was taken from the jail by a mob on a Tuesday night in June 1881 and hanged, according to a Danville, Virginia dispatch printed in several newspapers. Some accounts describe him as a boy, and the reports differ on whether the killing happened on June 21 or June 22. Several reports say another man held in the jail, Estes Hairston, was taken and hanged with him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Lindsay from the Stokes County jail in North Carolina and hanged him, according to newspaper dispatches from 1881; the accounts do not say whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.

Reported by: Daily Observer despatch (reporters); Dispatch from Danville, Va., as reported by the Evening Star (reporters).

Sources (11)

• The Farmer And Mechanic, June 23, 1881, page 2 The Farmer And Mechanic, June 23, 1881
• Daily Republican, June 24, 1881, page 3 Daily Republican, June 24, 1881
• Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, June 24, 1881, page 2 Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, June 24, 1881
• The Salt Lake Herald, June 24, 1881, page 7 The Salt Lake Herald, June 24, 1881
• Evening Star, June 25, 1881, page 7 Evening Star, June 25, 1881
• The Somerset Herald, June 29, 1881, page 2 The Somerset Herald, June 29, 1881
• Butler Citizen, June 29, 1881, page 3 Butler Citizen, June 29, 1881
• Watertown Republican, June 29, 1881, page 2 Watertown Republican, June 29, 1881
• Yorkville Enquirer, June 30, 1881, page 2 Yorkville Enquirer, June 30, 1881
• The Sentinel, July 2, 1881, page 4 The Sentinel, July 2, 1881
• The Superior Times, July 2, 1881, page 2 The Superior Times, July 2, 1881