Died in custody
Andy Caldwell
Andy Caldwell, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff in South Carolina, according to a short item in the Reporter and Farmer of June 27, 1889. The paper reports that about forty masked men took him from the sheriff's charge and shot him to death. The item gives no date or place for the killing and does not say whether the sheriff or officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: 1889 newspaper report (reporters).