Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Windsor, North Carolina, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in the Huntsville Gazette published in April 1883. The item does not give his name or the date of the killing. It also does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over. The death is attributed to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.