Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob of about one hundred men broke open the jail at Morgantown, North Carolina, on September 10, 1889, according to a brief national news notice printed in the Alexandria Gazette. The notice says they took a Black man from custody and hanged him. The man's name is not legible in the surviving text. The notice does not say whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief national news notice says a mob of one hundred men broke open the Morgantown, North Carolina jail, took a Black man and hanged him.
Reported by: Alexandria Gazette national news notice (reporters).