Died in jail or a lockup
Elisha Young
Elisha Young was hanged in the jail yard at Chester, South Carolina, together with four other people, in an execution reported in the Perrysburg Journal in May 1892. The hanging was carried out by the county jail in Chester, where Elisha Young was held at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The short report says he was hanged in the Chester jail yard along with four others but does not say who carried out the hanging.
Reported by: short report on the Chester jail yard hanging.