Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Orange County, North Carolina

Two Black men were being held in the Orange County jail in North Carolina. A mob took them out of the jail and shot them. Both men were shot to death after being taken from the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An editorial reprinting a Raleigh paper's account says a mob took two Black men from an Orange County jail and shot them.

Reported by: editorial reprinting a Raleigh newspaper (reporters).

News report