Randy Keisler

Randy Keisler was one of three Black men taken from the sheriff at Swansea, South Carolina, early one morning in August 1893. The Evening Herald reported that a mob took the three men and hanged them from a tree, and that the sheriff gave them up. The Wilmington Daily Republican, citing a Columbia dispatch, said no confession could be obtained from any of the three before they were killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Handy Keigler from the sheriff at Swansea, South Carolina, and hanged him from a tree early in the morning.

Reported by: Columbia, S. C. dispatch, as printed in the Wilmington Daily Republican (reporters).

Sources (3)

• The Wilmington Daily Republican, August 1, 1893, page 1 The Wilmington Daily Republican, August 1, 1893
• The Evening Herald, August 1, 1893, page 3 The Evening Herald, August 1, 1893
• The Roanoke Times, August 2, 1893, page 3 The Roanoke Times, August 2, 1893