Died in jail or a lockup
Rosa Caroti
Rosa Caroti was held in the jail at Elloree, South Carolina, when a mob broke into the jail on July 12, 1914. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, the mob took her and her sister and hanged her from a tree, then fired bullets into her body. The paper reports that the jail door was battered in and that about 30 Black people watched the hanging without resisting.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.