One of 5 people whose names were not reported
Five men held in the Kinston jail, North Carolina, were taken from their cells on the night of Saturday, January 30, 1869, by a group of about thirty or forty citizens. The jailer gave up the cell keys when the group showed a pistol, and the men were chosen and led away. The next day remains were found near a bridge south of the village, and according to the New Berne papers, as reported by The Weekly North-Carolina Standard, one man's throat had been cut and his body thrown into the river. The paper called the killings murder and reported that no arrests had been made.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New Berne papers, as reported by The Weekly North-Carolina Standard, say a mob took the man from the Kinston jail after the jailer gave up the cell keys when shown a pistol, and that his throat was cut and his body thrown into the river.
Reported by: New Berne papers, as reported by The Weekly North-Carolina Standard (reporters).