Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1898, a mob took two Black men from a jail near Concord, North Carolina, and killed them, according to The Central Presbyterian. The men were still in the custody of the jail when the crowd seized them. The Rev. W. C. Alexander, a Presbyterian pastor, walked beside them and tried to prepare them for death while the crowd jeered at them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.