Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black man, about 19 years old, was being held in the jail at Tarboro, North Carolina, when a crowd took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a newspaper report published in May 1887. He was hanged on the spot where the assault was made, the report says. The paper gives no name for him and no exact date for his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.