Name not reported

Eight Black people were reportedly taken from a South Carolina jail and shot on or about December 28, 1889, according to a brief newspaper dispatch published that day. The dispatch names no one and gives no ages, and it does not say how the group was taken from the jail or who was guarding it. The death is recorded as a killing by a mob that took the person from custody.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Evening World, December 28, 1889, page 1 The Evening World, December 28, 1889