Died in jail or a lockup
Peter Rivers
Peter Rivers, a Black man aged 40, was one of three men being taken by two constables from Olar toward the Bamberg county jail in South Carolina on March 13, 1912. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, a mob of 75 to 100 men stopped the officers at Odom's Bridge, about seven miles from Olar, took the men from them, and shot them. The paper reports the killing as a lynching that afternoon.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of 75 to 100 men stopped two constables taking Peter Rivers and two others toward the Bamberg county jail, took the men from the officers and shot them.
Reported by: news reports.