Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a January 1922 editorial in the Roanoke Rapids Herald, a Black man was taken from a North Carolina jail by a mob and lynched. The editorial describes him as the second such killing, following an earlier lynching it recounts. His name, age, the exact date of his death, and the name and location of the jail are not given in the account. Whether the jail's officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.