Name not reported
A man named Carter, about 40 years old, was being driven by two officers to be held at the King and Queen jail. On a dark stretch of road short of the King and Queen courthouse, a party of about ten people stopped the officers, took him from them and shot him. Officers and citizens later found him dead near the courthouse, still handcuffed with his legs tied. Sheriff Allen said no clues had been found to the identities of the group, and a coroner's jury was investigating the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Allen said the man was shot to death after a party of about ten people seized him from officers taking him to the King and Queen jail.
Reported by: Sheriff Allen (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.