John A. Belia
John A. Belia was being transported under the control of two Florence County deputies toward Marion, South Carolina, when about 200 men stopped the procession and seized him. According to a dispatch from Marion in The State, citing reliable information, the mob took him to a large oak by the roadside about a mile from Savage and hanged him there. The same dispatch says many shots were fired into his body before the crowd dispersed. The deputies' names were not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 200 men seized him from two Florence County deputies while he was being transported toward Marion and hanged him from an oak by the roadside, according to a State newspaper dispatch citing reliable information.
Reported by: The State newspaper dispatch from Marion (reporters).