Oliver Moore

Oliver Moore was held in the Edgecombe County jail in Tarboro, North Carolina, when a mob took him from the jail and killed him by lynching. A 1930 report in The Gary American said Deputy Sheriff R. O. Watson, who was in charge of the jail at the time, later received threats on his life. The jail was the place where he was being held when he was killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Gary American, September 13, 1930, page 1 The Gary American, September 13, 1930