Died in custody
Jim Grey
Jim Grey was being taken by a constable from Laurens toward the state penitentiary in Columbia for safe keeping, according to a news dispatch from Columbia published in The News & Observer. On July 23, 1897, a dozen or more men seized him from the constable and killed him near Goldville in Laurens County, South Carolina. The dispatch describes the killing as a lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Columbia, S. C. reports that a dozen or more men seized Jim Grey from a constable who was taking him toward the state penitentiary and killed him near Goldville.
Reported by: news dispatch from Columbia, S. C. (reporters).