Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman, identified in the 1885 Magnolia Gazette account only as the wife of Jerry Finch, was held in a jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina. On the night of September 28, 1885, a mob took her from the jail along with three others and lynched them about a mile from town. Her body was found the next morning hanging from a tree near the public road. The jail officers' response to the mob is not described in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.