Charlie Evans
Charley Evans, a Black man, was held at the guard house in Norway, South Carolina, in June 1903. A telegram received by Governor Heyward said a mob took him from the guard house and lynched him on June 30, 1903, and the governor ordered the Orangeburg sheriff to protect the other people held there and to pursue those responsible. One report said a guard was posted around the building and that the mob overpowered the guards, hanged him and shot him, and that three other men held there were taken into the woods and then released. Another report said four other people held in the same jail were beaten into insensibility by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegram received by Governor Heyward says a mob took Charley Evans from the guard house at Norway, South Carolina, and lynched him, and one report says the mob overpowered the guards, hanged him and shot him.
Reported by: telegram received by Governor Heyward; newspaper reports of the Norway, South Carolina lynching (reporters).