Died in jail or a lockup
Hugh Furze
Hugh Furze was one of eight Black men held in the Barnwell County jail in Barnwell, South Carolina, when a mob of about 200 masked men broke in before dawn on December 28, 1889. The men bound the jailer, took the prisoners out of town and shot them. The jailer's conduct beyond being bound is not described in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.