Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at a North Carolina jail was taken from it by a mob and lynched, along with another Black man held there. The Roanoke Rapids Herald reported the killings in an editorial published January 20, 1922. The editorial describes the mob as the cause of both men's deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: 1922 newspaper editorial (reporters).