Name not reported

An unnamed Black man died while held in the jail at Lowndesville, South Carolina, in 1877, according to a South Carolina paper reprinted in the Cincinnati Gazette. That account, which is reprinted in The Jackson Standard, says the circumstances gave strong evidence of murder. No official cause of death is stated, and the man's name and date of death are not given.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A reprinted South Carolina newspaper account says the circumstances gave strong evidence of murder, without naming a killer or a cause.

Reported by: Cincinnati Gazette, reprinting a South Carolina paper (reporters).

Source

• The Jackson Standard, July 12, 1877, page 4 The Jackson Standard, July 12, 1877