Name not reported

Eight people held in the jail in Columbia, South Carolina, were taken out by a group of about five hundred mounted men, whom The Evening Telegraph said were supposed to be Ku Klux Klan members, and killed. The Sunbury American reported that the mob broke into the jail and took out ten Black prisoners, eight of whom it said were killed on the spot. Neither report gives the names of those killed. The Telegraph's account, reprinted in the Sunbury American, does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed over the keys.

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