Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Elliott
Frank Elliott, a Black man, was in the custody of officers taking him to the York County jail in Rock Hill, South Carolina, after a justice ordered him sent there on April 1, 1884. As the officers left the justice's office, a crowd overpowered them, took Elliott a short distance outside the city limits and hanged him from a tree. The Savannah Morning News reported that the officers were overpowered by the crowd. The death is recorded as a homicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.