Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men held in the jail at Plymouth, North Carolina, were taken out by masked men in January 1888 and shot to death, according to the Charlotte Messenger, which reported the killings in early February. The men were in the jail's custody when the mob took them. The paper gives no names, ages or other details about them, and it does not say whether the jailer or any officers tried to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Charlotte Messenger reported that masked men took three Black men from the Plymouth, North Carolina, jail and shot them to death.
Reported by: Charlotte Messenger (reporters).