Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man, 60 years old and Black, was being held in the Barnwell court house jail in Barnwell, South Carolina. In the early hours of December 28, 1889, a mob of several hundred men overpowered the jailer, tied him, and forced him to go with them as they took this man and seven other Black men from the jail. The men were taken out of town and shot. A coroner's inquest held at the scene found that they died of gunshot wounds inflicted by a party or parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest jury found the men died of gunshot wounds inflicted by parties unknown after a mob took them from the Barnwell court house jail.
Reported by: coroner's inquest jury (medical examiner or coroner).