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, according to a 1871 report in the Fremont Weekly Journal. The mob was said to be acting under a military-style organization. The congressional committee investigating Klan outrages in South Carolina looked into the killings. The account gives no name, date or place for this person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages (outside investigators).