Harry Gill
Harry Gill, a Black man, was held in the Lancaster jail in Lancaster, South Carolina. On June 3, 1894, about twenty-five men took him from the jail, carried him about three miles from the town and lynched him. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that he was shot to death by parties unknown. One account states that the mob took him by force from the jail, and the other accounts do not say how the mob got in.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The coroner's jury ruled he was shot to death by parties unknown, while newspaper accounts say a mob of about twenty-five men took him from the Lancaster jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); Fisherman & Farmer (reporters); Telegraphed news dispatch (reporters).