Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob of several thousand people stormed the jail in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on the evening of November 17, 1918, according to a November 18 report in the Pensacola Journal. The paper says the mob shot a Black man to death, though his name is not given. Three other people were reported shot in the disorder.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.