Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a report by the congressional Sub Ku Klux Committee, several hundred masked men took about ten Black men from a jail in South Carolina and killed them. The men were being held in that jail when the mob took them. The committee, which was touring the state at the time, investigated the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The congressional Sub Ku Klux Committee report says several hundred masked men took about ten men from a South Carolina jail and killed them.
Reported by: Sub Ku Klux Committee (outside investigators).