Died in jail or a lockup
Giles Good
Five Black men held in the Yorkville jail in York County, South Carolina, died early on April 5, 1887. Newspaper reports say a mob of 60 to 75 armed men forced its way into the jail before 4 a.m., broke open the cells, and took the men out, after the sheriff had refused to hand over the keys. The mob hanged the five men from trees about a mile from the courthouse. The reports name them as Giles Good, Dan Roberts and Printy Thompson, among others, and say the lynchers were not identified and that no steps had been taken to identify them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Columbia special dispatch (reporters); Yorkville correspondent to the Register, as reprinted in the Dispatch (reporters).