Black
Black was a young man, about twenty years old, who was on his way to his mother's house when he was seized. On Tuesday night, January 7, 1890, a group of masked men took him from a deputy sheriff who was taking him to jail near Robbins in Barnwell County. The men tied him to a tree by the roadside and shot him. The Indianapolis Journal later reported that members of the group objected and begged one of them to stop, and that the shooter then left by train. The Richmond Dispatch reported that efforts were made to conceal the killing and that the remote location made full information hard to obtain.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took him from a deputy sheriff while he was being taken to jail, tied him to a tree by the roadside and shot him, according to the newspaper report.
Reported by: news reports.