Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman, the wife of Jerry Finch, was one of four people taken from a jail by a mob one mile from Pittsboro, North Carolina, on the night of September 28, 1885. The mob killed her, and her body was found the next morning hanging from a tree near the public road. Her death was one of four lynchings that night, all of people taken from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.