Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in a North Carolina jail, and on December 1, 1881, a masked mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune report published the next day. The same masked group, the paper said, also took a second Black man from that jail and hanged him. The mob's actions are the only account of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.