Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In January 1888, a Black person held in the jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, was taken from that jail by masked men. The men carried them to the woods on the edge of town, tied them to a tree and shot them. The Brookhaven Leader reported the killing in February 1888 as a shooting by masked men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took the prisoner from the Plymouth, North Carolina jail, tied him to a tree at the edge of town and shot him.
Reported by: news reports.