Shadrock Hester
Shadrock Hester was held in the Oxford jail in Granville County, North Carolina. According to a special dispatch published in The Daily Gazette, 75 to 100 masked men took him from the jail before dawn on December 1, 1881, and hanged him in a small grove. The dispatch says the jailer was taken from his home and forced to open the doors, and that the guards were disarmed and locked in the guard house. His body was not found until about 8 a.m.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Oxford, Granville County reports that a masked mob of 75 to 100 men took Shadrock Hester from the Oxford jail, after the jailer was taken from his home and forced to open the doors, and hanged him.
Reported by: special dispatch from Oxford, Granville County (reporters).