Frank De Loacne
Frank De Loacne, a Black man, was being held in a lockup at Barnwell, South Carolina, on December 22, 1905. According to Sheriff Creech's wire to the governor, as reported in The Irish Standard, a mob took him and another man held there out of the lockup and shot them to death. The sheriff told the governor that the men were butchered in open daylight and that officers were guilty of dereliction of duty.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Sheriff Creech wired the governor that a mob shot the prisoners to death after taking them from the Barnwell lockup, and that officers were guilty of dereliction of duty.
Reported by: Sheriff Creech (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.