Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was one of three people held in the jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, in January 1888. Masked men took them out of the jail and carried them to the woods on the edge of town. There they tied them to a tree and shot them to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took a prisoner from the Plymouth, North Carolina jail, tied him to a tree at the edge of town and shot him.
Reported by: news reports.