Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black people were taken from the jail at Aiken, South Carolina, in October 1926 and killed by a mob. A New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune, said that the law had already been put into operation in the case and that the mob acted in defiance of the courts. The people were held at the county jail when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune, says a mob took three Black people from the Aiken, South Carolina jail and lynched them.
Reported by: New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune (reporters).