Died in jail or a lockup
David Coak
David Coak, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff in Kershaw County, South Carolina. According to a Charleston dispatch printed in the Tombstone Weekly Epitaph on July 22, 1882, a mob took him from that custody and lynched him. The dispatch dates his death to Saturday, July 15, 1882.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charleston dispatch printed in the Tombstone Weekly Epitaph says a mob took David Coak from the sheriff's custody in Kershaw County and lynched him.
Reported by: Charleston dispatch in the Tombstone Weekly Epitaph (reporters).