Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 35-year-old Black man was held at the jail in Concord, New Hampshire, in May 1898, when according to a dispatch in The Evening Bulletin a crowd of about 1,500 men broke into the building at about 10:30 p.m. The paper reports that the mob took him from the jail, hanged him and shot him many times. His name is not given, so he is identified here only by his age, race and the place where he was held.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.