Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Cabarrus County jail in North Carolina was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to The Semi-Weekly Messenger, which reported the event on June 3, 1898. The paper gives no name for him. It says he was hanged in the same event as another man whom the same crowd took from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Semi-Weekly Messenger reports that a mob took a second Black man from the Cabarrus County jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Semi-Weekly Messenger (reporters).