Died in jail or a lockup
Caleb Campbell
According to a News and Courier dispatch reprinted in The Daily Dispatch, Caleb Campbell, a Black man, was held in the jail at Winnsboro, South Carolina, when a party of disguised men reached the jail on June 2, 1882. The report says they gained admittance by stratagem, overpowered the sheriff, and took him about three miles from town, where he was hanged. The account says the sheriff got loose and pursued them but arrived too late to prevent the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A News and Courier special dispatch reports that a party of disguised men took him from the Winnsboro jail and hanged him about three miles from town after overpowering the sheriff.
Reported by: News and Courier (reporters).