Name not reported

A Black man the Memphis Appeal calls John was taken from a North Carolina jail in July 1888 and killed by a mob, according to a brief newspaper report. The report, as far as it can be read, gives no other name for him and does not name the town. Nothing else about him or his life is recorded in this source.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Memphis Appeal reported that a mob took a man from a North Carolina jail and lynched him.

Reported by: The Memphis Appeal (reporters).

Source

• The Memphis Appeal, July 16, 1888, page 1 The Memphis Appeal, July 16, 1888