Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Bakersville, North Carolina, was taken from the jail by a mob early one morning in April 1894 and hanged, according to a Fair Play report. The report says the sheriff believed the danger of a lynching had passed after the man was first jailed, and that he no longer feared an attempt. The newspaper text is garbled, so the man's name and the exact day of the killing cannot be read from the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Fair Play news report says a mob took the man from the Bakersville, North Carolina jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Fair Play news report (reporters).