Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was among three men held in the jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, when they were killed on January 26, 1888. A mob took the three men from the jail to woods on the edge of town and shot them to death. The jailer was overpowered and forced to let the mob take them. The man's name was not recorded in the surviving report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report (OCR text) (reporters).