Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held at the jail in Plymouth, North Carolina, was taken out of the jail by masked men in January 1888. The men carried them to the woods on the edge of town, tied them to a tree and shot them to death. The Brookhaven Leader reported the killing, and the person's name was not recorded in that account.
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 and shot him.
Reported by: news reports.