Name not reported
According to a special dispatch from Winton, North Carolina, printed in the Norfolk, Virginia report, a Black man held at the Winton jail was taken from his cell in the early morning of December 23, 1890, by about thirty masked men. The dispatch says the men first forced the jailer to surrender his keys, then hanged him in his cell without unfastening the chains that held him to the floor. He strangled for about ten minutes, and his body was left hanging until daylight.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Winton, N.C., printed in a Norfolk, Va. report, says a mob of about thirty masked men took him from the jail after forcing the jailer to surrender his keys.
Reported by: special dispatch from Winton, N.C., as printed in the Norfolk, Va. report (reporters).