Died in custody
Mcbane
Mcbane, a Black man, was in the custody of officers who were taking him from Milton to Yanceyville, North Carolina. According to a Danville, Virginia dispatch printed in the Savannah Morning News, about 200 men took him from the officers on October 3, 1885. The dispatch reports that the mob hanged him and shot him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Danville, Va. dispatch in the Savannah Morning News says about 200 men took him from officers while they were carrying him to Yanceyville, N.C., then hanged and shot him.
Reported by: Danville, Va. dispatch in the Savannah Morning News (reporters).