Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Borrier
Robert Borrier was held in the jail at Lexington, North Carolina, in October 1889. A masked mob came to the jail and demanded that he be handed over. The jailer refused to give up the keys, and the mob battered down the jail door. The mob bound Robert, took him out of the jail and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob broke into the Lexington, North Carolina jail, bound Borrier and took him out to be lynched after the jailer refused to give up the keys.
Reported by: the jailer at Lexington, North Carolina (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.