Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

jail at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina

A Black man was held at the jail in Plymouth, North Carolina, when a mob took him from the jail and killed him. He was one of three men taken from the jail in this way. Those who held him at the jail, and the manner of the killing, are not described beyond that.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report