Scott Bishop
Scott Bishop, a Black man, was held in the jail at Blackstone, Virginia, in February 1891, after being brought there from North Carolina. According to a special dispatch to the Star from Petersburg, Va., officials had made efforts to prevent violence against him. Around 4 a.m. on February 23, a mob took him from the officers and hanged him from a tree about half a mile from town, and the dispatch reports that he pleaded for his life. At noon his body was still hanging, and a coroner's jury was being summoned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Scott Bishop from the officers holding him at Blackstone, Virginia, and hanged him from a tree about half a mile away, according to a special dispatch to the Star reprinted in The Morning News.
Reported by: a special dispatch to the Star from Petersburg, Va., as reported in The Morning News (reporters).