Died in jail or a lockup
Martin Breket
A mob took Martin Breket from the jail at Hampton Court House, South Carolina, and lynched him on July 25, 1882, according to a Charleston dispatch printed in the Savannah Morning News. A placard left on his body read "Our women must be protected," a justification the paper reported without confirming it. The dispatch does not say how jail staff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charleston dispatch reports that a mob took Martin Breket from the Hampton Court House jail and lynched him, leaving a placard reading "Our women must be protected."
Reported by: Charleston dispatch (newspaper report) (reporters).