Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On January 27, 1888, prisoners held in a North Carolina jail were taken out by a masked group and shot to death, according to a report in The Herald published February 3, 1888. The Herald's account was brief, and the number of people killed, their names and the town where it happened are not legible in the surviving text. Those who died were held in the jail when the group took them, and their families and the places they came from are not named in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Herald reported that a masked group took prisoners from a North Carolina jail and shot them to death.
Reported by: The Herald (reporters).