Died in jail or a lockup
Tymon Purdie
Tymon Purdie, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Elizabethtown, North Carolina, according to a North State News dispatch. On the night of May 1, 1892, a masked mob of about one hundred men took him from the jail and lynched him. Local Black residents were reported to be indignant over the killing, and further trouble was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about one hundred men took him from the Elizabethtown, North Carolina jail and lynched him, according to the North State News.
Reported by: North State News (reporters).