Died in jail or a lockup
Lyman Purdie
Lyman Purdie, a Black man, was held in a county jail in North Carolina in May 1892. On the night of May 2, about one hundred masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from the limb of a tree, according to the Daily Public Ledger, which published its report the following day. The paper reported that Black residents were greatly upset by the killing and that further trouble was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.