Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob on April 20, 1893, according to a wire dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Republican. The dispatch says the mob killed him in the woods and that his body was riddled with bullets. The name and place are not legible in the archived text, and the dispatch refers to the sheriff without making clear whether he resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed the man over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Republican reports that a mob broke open a jail, took a Black man held there, and killed him in the woods.
Reported by: wire dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Republican (reporters).