Marion Cantey
Marion Cantley was being taken to the Clarendon County jail in June 1913 in the custody of a magistrate's constable and the constable's assistant. A group took him from the officers and lynched him near a public road at Tindal's mill. His administrator, Madison Cantley, sued Clarendon County under the state's lynch-law statute, and in September 1914 a jury returned a $2,000 verdict against the county. The case was expected to go to the state supreme court.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Marion Cantley from a magistrate's constable and his assistant while they were taking him to the Clarendon County jail and lynched him near a public road; his administrator Madison Cantley sued the county under the state's lynch-law statute and a jury awarded $2,000 against the county.
Reported by: Madison Cantley, administrator of the estate, in a lawsuit against Clarendon County (family or their lawyers); jury at Manning court (court).
Lawsuit: His administrator, Madison Cantley, sued Clarendon County under the state's lynch-law statute, and a jury returned a $2,000 verdict against the county in 1914.