Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On October 17, 1889, a man held in the jail at Lexington, North Carolina, was taken from his cell by a masked mob and killed. According to the Hickman Courier, the jailer refused to give up the keys, so the mob broke through the jail floor to reach him. The newspaper's account of the case, published October 25, 1889, is written in the language of its time and is partly garbled, so his name cannot be reliably read from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took the man from the Lexington, North Carolina jail, after the jailer refused to surrender the keys and the mob broke through the floor to reach him.
Reported by: historical newspaper account (OCR text) (reporters).