John De Loacne
John De Loacne, a Black man, was held in a lockup at Barnwell, South Carolina, on December 22, 1905, along with another man. A mob took both men out of the lockup and shot them to death. Sheriff Creech, in a wire to the governor, said the men were butchered in open daylight and that officers were guilty of dereliction of duty. The account was reported in The Irish Standard on December 30, 1905.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Creech told the governor that a mob took John De Loacne and another prisoner from the Barnwell lockup and shot them in open daylight, and that officers were guilty of dereliction of duty.
Reported by: Sheriff Creech, as wired to the governor (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.