Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a brief item in The Herald of February 3, 1888, a man held in a North Carolina jail was taken from custody by a masked group on or about January 27, 1888, and shot to death. The report describes him as one of two prisoners from the same incident, but the newspaper text is garbled, so his name, age and hometown cannot be read. The paper gives no account of whether jail officers resisted the group or handed the prisoner over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Herald's brief OCR item says a masked group shot the person after taking them from jail.
Reported by: The Herald (reporters).