Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in a jail in North Carolina was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, which reported the death on June 24, 1881. The jail was holding them when the mob took them out and killed them. Their name, age and other details are not in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).