Van Canady

Van Canady, a young man about 22 years old, was held in the jail at Shelby, North Carolina, in early December 1888. According to a Raleigh dispatch printed in The Morning News, lynching had been openly talked of and an extra guard was posted at the jail, but about 200 masked, armed men overpowered the guard and broke open the jail door. The dispatch says the men took him from the jail early in the morning. A mob hanged him about a mile from Shelby.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Brookhaven Leader (reporters).

News reports (4)

• The Morning News, December 4, 1888, page 1 The Morning News, December 4, 1888
• The Brookhaven Leader, December 13, 1888, page 1 The Brookhaven Leader, December 13, 1888
• Huntsville Gazette, December 15, 1888, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, December 15, 1888
• The Grenada Sentinel, December 15, 1888, page 6 The Grenada Sentinel, December 15, 1888