Died in jail or a lockup
Hardy Gill
Hardy Gill, a Black man, was held in the jail at Lancaster, South Carolina. In the early hours of Sunday, June 3, 1894, a party of about twenty-five men took him from the jail and carried him about three miles outside town, where they lynched him. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that he was shot to death by parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).