Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In January 1921, a Black person was held in the jail at Norlina. A mob took them from the jail and shot them to death, along with one other person taken from the same jail. According to The Bismarck Tribune, the killings followed a clash between white and Black people in which six people were wounded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.