Died in jail or a lockup
Hesa Carson
Hesa Carson, a Black woman, was held in the Elloree jail in Elloree, South Carolina, in July 1914. According to an Orangeburg newspaper dispatch published July 15, 1914, a mob took her from the jail, carried her to a tree and hanged her. The dispatch also says her body was shot many times afterward. The dispatch is the only account cited here of how she died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Orangeburg, S.C. newspaper dispatch reports that a mob took Hesa Carson from the Elloree jail, hanged her from a tree and shot her body many times.
Reported by: Orangeburg, S.C. newspaper dispatch (reporters).