Ripley J
Ripley J, a Black person, was held at the Barnwell Court-House jail in Barnwell, South Carolina, in late December 1889. According to a Charleston dispatch reprinted in the River Falls Journal on January 2, 1890, a mob of several hundred men broke into the jail early on a Saturday morning and overpowered the jailer. The mob took the people held there out and shot them, and Ripley J was among those killed. Ripley J died in the attack on December 28, 1889.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charleston dispatch reprinted in the River Falls Journal reports that a mob of several hundred men broke into the Barnwell Court-House jail, overpowered the jailer, took the prisoners out and shot them.
Reported by: Charleston dispatch reprinted in the River Falls Journal (reporters).