Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of ten Black people whom several hundred Ku Klux Klan members took from a jail and killed, this person was among those a congressional committee investigating Klan outrages in South Carolina examined. The committee described the Klan as a military-style organization whose members carried out the killings. The jail gave up the captives to the group, and the committee's inquiry covered their deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages (outside investigators).