Rand Hart
Rand Hart was sixteen years old and was held at a North Carolina state prison contract quarry camp in Winston-Salem. Witnesses told The Evening Times that guard Pink Fulton whipped him repeatedly with a rawhide whip and then a hickory rod for several hours, and that Hart died the next morning, March 8, 1901. A coroner's jury found the whipping caused his death, and warrants were issued for Fulton, who had escaped and was being pursued. The paper reported that Hart's parents were not told before his body was buried.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A coroner's jury found the whipping caused his death, and witnesses say guard Pink Fulton whipped him repeatedly with a rawhide whip and then a hickory rod for several hours.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); witnesses held at the quarry camp.