Died in jail or a lockup
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson, 35, a Black man, had a wife and four grown children in South Eatontown, where he went after leaving the woods. He was held in the Eatontown town jail after local men bound him and brought him in while a crowd was gathering outside. A mob took him from the jail and hanged him from the grating over the jail door, and the article reports no official account of what happened or who was responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.