Richard Nobles
Richard Nobles was one of five prisoners held at Kinston, North Carolina, whom a mob reportedly killed on a Saturday night in January 1869, according to a New York Herald dispatch from Richmond that relied on a Goldsboro report. The dispatch says he was shot on a bridge and his body was thrown into the river. It describes the town as under siege, with armed white residents guarding their homes. The account is a secondhand newspaper report from the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald, citing a Goldsboro dispatch, reported that he was shot on a bridge and his body thrown into the river after being taken from custody at Kinston.
Reported by: New York Herald special dispatch from Richmond, citing a Goldsboro dispatch (reporters).