Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 1906 · Rowan County, North Carolina

In August 1906, a mob broke into the jail in Salisbury, North Carolina, and took three Black people who were being held there. The mob lynched all three. Their names are not given in the account. This is the account as reported in The Citizen of September 6, 1906.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report