Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man, 25 years old, was held in the Concord jail in Concord, North Carolina, when a mob of about 1,500 people came for him on May 29, 1898. The Daily Public Ledger reported that the mob overpowered the jailer, took him from the jail, and hanged him from a tree. The paper said the sheriff had taken steps to prevent a lynching, but the mob was not stopped. The report also said the body was shot многократно.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reporting of the 1898 mob seizure from the Concord jail (reporters).