Died in jail or a lockup
One of 6 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in the jail in Salisbury, North Carolina, was taken from the jail yard by a mob on the night of August 6, 1906, and lynched. Two other men held at the same jail were taken and killed that same night. The mob's actions at the jail are the central fact reported, and the men were killed after being seized from state custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.