Deaths in Custody
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Clarence Lowman

died October 8, 1926 · county jail, Aiken County, South Carolina

Clarence Lowman, a Black man, was held at the Aiken county jail in South Carolina. On October 8, 1926, a masked mob took him from the jail and shot him to death, along with Demmon and Bertha Lowman. A special grand jury took up an inquiry into the lynchings the following day.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took him from the Aiken county jail and shot him to death.

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