Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Lexington, North Carolina, was taken out by a mob and killed, according to a report in The Progressive Farmer published on November 5, 1889. Judge Phillips issued thirty-two bench warrants, and twenty-five men were arrested and are being prosecuted by the solicitor. The paper called the event a deplorable state of affairs.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from the jail at Lexington and lynched him, according to this account; the article does not say how the mob got in or whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: news reports.