Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a brief item in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union published June 24, 1881, a mob took two Black people from a jail in North Carolina and hanged them. The two were being held at the jail when they were seized. Their names, ages and other details are not recorded in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).