Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Black
Jim Black was being brought to jail by a posse of officers after his capture near Savannah when, late on June 4, 1902, a mob seized him near Ravenel, South Carolina, according to a Charleston, S.C. news dispatch published in The Daily Morning Journal and Courier. The dispatch reports that the mob lynched him. It does not say how the officers responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charleston, S.C. news dispatch reports that a mob seized Jim Black from a posse of officers near Ravenel while he was being taken to jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Charleston, S.C. news dispatch (reporters).