Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 1906 · Rowan County, North Carolina

In August 1906, three Black people held in the Salisbury, North Carolina jail were seized from it by a mob. The mob broke into the building and lynched all three. They were killed after being taken from the jail's custody.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report