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