Thomas H. Frazier

Thomas H. Frazier was held under guard at a farm house near Blount's Creek, North Carolina, awaiting transfer to the county jail the next morning, according to a news dispatch from Washington, N.C. Masked men seized him in the night, took him to the spot where Joshua H. Cox had been killed, and shot him to death. Another account says a crowd took him from the place he was held and shot him repeatedly, while a later report places his death at the Washington jail, where a mob took him out at night and shot him. Those reports give different dates for the killing, and one says the mob had taken him from the Washington jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

News reports (4)

• Waterbury Evening Democrat, May 7, 1888, page 1 Waterbury Evening Democrat, May 7, 1888
• Morning Journal And Courier, May 7, 1888, page 3 Morning Journal And Courier, May 7, 1888
• Smyrna Times, May 9, 1888, page 2 Smyrna Times, May 9, 1888
• The Delaware Ledger, May 19, 1888, page 1 The Delaware Ledger, May 19, 1888