Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man named McCulloch was held in the jail at Dallas, in Gaston County. On the night of Monday, March 31, 1884, a masked mob of about fifty men overpowered the jailer, took McCulloch from the jail, and carried him to a tree about half a mile away, where they hanged him, according to an Omaha Daily Bee dispatch. The dispatch says the jailer was overpowered by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Omaha Daily Bee dispatch says a masked mob overpowered the jailer, took McCulloch from the jail at Dallas and hanged him from a tree about half a mile away.
Reported by: Omaha Daily Bee (reporters).