Died in jail or a lockup
Morrison
John Morrison was held in the jail at Kershaw, South Carolina, in October 1904. A mob took him from the jail and killed him by lynching before a company of militia sent from Camden by Governor Heyward reached the town. The governor publicly condemned the lynching and said it would not have happened had the sheriff and the Kershaw Guards arrived in time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The governor publicly condemned the lynching and said it would not have happened had the sheriff and the Kershaw Guards arrived in time.
Reported by: The Ocala Evening Star (reporters); the governor of South Carolina.