Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Bertie White
Robert Bertie White was held in a North Carolina jail in October 1889, according to a wire dispatch datelined October 17, 1889. The dispatch reports that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The account was printed in the Spokane Falls Review on October 24, 1889.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper wire dispatch reports that a mob took Robert Bertie White from a North Carolina jail and lynched him.
Reported by: newspaper wire dispatch.