Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Winston-Salem city jail was shot to death on the night of November 17, 1918, when a mob of several thousand people stormed the jail. Newspaper reports at the time said Home Guards and police could not restore order before the mob broke in. Later reports held that the man who was shot was not the right person. His name was not recorded in the reports of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several thousand stormed the Winston-Salem city jail and shot a man held there, though later reports say he was not the person the mob sought.
Reported by: news reports.