Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, one of ten Black people whom several hundred Ku Klux Klan members took from a jail and killed, was held in that jail when the mob came for him. The Fremont Weekly Journal reported in 1871 that the Klan acted under a military-style organization. The congressional committee investigating Klan outrages in South Carolina looked into the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages (outside investigators).