Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob of about 3,000 men battered down the doors of the jail in Salisbury, North Carolina, where six Black men were being held. The mob took three of them from the jail and lynched them. Two other men were shot during the attack, one of them probably fatally.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.