Name not reported
A Black man held at the Wilmington jail in Delaware was taken from the jail by a mob of more than 2,000 people on the night of Monday, June 29, 1903, and burned alive, according to a Charlotte Observer correspondent quoted in The Progressive Farmer. The correspondent says state and county authorities took no action, and that police reinforcements did not reach the jail until after the mob had gathered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charlotte Observer correspondent, quoted in The Progressive Farmer, says a mob of more than 2,000 took a Black man from the Wilmington jail and burned him alive, and that state and county authorities took no action.
Reported by: Charlotte Observer correspondent (quoted in The Progressive Farmer) (reporters).