Died in custody
Jules Smith
Jules Smith was a Black man held by officers in Winnsboro, South Carolina. A mob attacked the officers holding him in an attempt to take him from them, and Jules Smith was killed in the attack, according to a report in The Elbert County Tribune. Several officers were wounded in the attack, and Sheriff A. D. Hood of Fairfield County was reported to be probably fatally wounded. The report gives no date for the events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob tried to take him from officers in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and killed him in the riot, according to a news account.
Reported by: newspaper account of the Winnsboro riot (reporters).