In the Spring of 1872, 20-year-old Sam Martin was murdered by 42-year-old York Lattimore (Lattimer) and 24-year-old Jerry Thompson in Rutherford County, North Carolina. It's unstated how Sam had been killed, but the motive for it was because of the rivalry for a white whore. All three men were intimate with her.
On April 18th the two had escaped jail with two other prisoners. They would be caught and tried for the murder. The two would be found guilty and executed on November 8, 1872.
SOURCES:
Legal Executions in North Carolina and South Carolina page 19
The New Berne Times April 19, 1872
Tri-Weekly Era May 9, 1872
Carolina Watchman October 10, 1872
Tri-Weekly Era November 18, 1872
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