Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A woman, the wife of Jerry Finch, was one of four people held in a jail near Pittsboro, North Carolina, in September 1885. A mob took her and three others from the jail and killed them. Their bodies were found the next morning hanging from a tree near a public road.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.