Name not reported

Eight people held in the jail in Columbia, South Carolina, were taken out and killed by a group of about five hundred mounted men, whom The Evening Telegraph said were supposed to be Ku Klux Klan members. The Sunbury American reports that the mob broke into the jail and took out ten Black prisoners, eight of whom were killed on the spot. This person was one of those killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Evening Telegraph (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Evening Telegraph, February 15, 1871, page 4 The Evening Telegraph, February 15, 1871
• Sunbury American, February 18, 1871, page 2 Sunbury American, February 18, 1871