Died in jail or a lockup
C A Johnson
C A Johnson, a Black man, was held at the county jail in Piedmont, South Carolina, when a mob took him from the jail on July 11, 1895. The mob carried him outside the Piedmont city limits, hanged him from a tree and shot his body repeatedly. According to the Weekly Courier-Journal, the community deplored the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took C A Johnson from the county jail, hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.