Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Semi-Weekly Messenger, published June 3, 1898, two Black men were held in the Cabarrus County jail near Concord, North Carolina, when an angry crowd came for them. The paper said the crowd took the two men from the jail and hanged them. The paper gives no names for either man.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Semi-Weekly Messenger (reporters).