Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to press reports cited by The Weekly Echo in October 1933, a Black man held in a North Carolina jail was taken from the jail by a mob and beaten to death. The reports attribute his death to the mob that seized him from the jail where he was held. The Echo's editorial describes the killing as part of a wider pattern of mob violence.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Press reports say the man was taken from a North Carolina jail and beaten to death.
Reported by: press reports cited by The Weekly Echo (reporters).