Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob of about 3,000 men broke down the doors of the jail at Salisbury, North Carolina, where six Black men were being held, and took three of them out and lynched them. During the attack two men were shot, one of them probably fatally. The three men are not named in the account, and it is not stated whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.