Name not reported

A Black person held in the New Berne jail in North Carolina was taken out by a mob and lynched, according to a brief dispatch datelined August 28, 1905. The dispatch was published that day in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser and the Hawaiian Star. Both papers carried the same account, and it names neither the person nor the mob's members.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: New Berne, North Carolina newspaper dispatch (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, August 28, 1905, page 1 The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, August 28, 1905
• The Hawaiian Star, August 28, 1905, page 7 The Hawaiian Star, August 28, 1905