Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in a jail near Raleigh, North Carolina, when a mob seized him on Tuesday night, September 29, 1885, and lynched him. The People And Patriot reported on October 1, 1885, that he was the fourth person held in that same jail to be taken by a mob in this way. Those are the only details of his death in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched