Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black person was one of three people taken from the jail in Aiken, South Carolina, and killed by a mob in October 1926, according to an editorial from the New York Times reprinted in the Savannah Tribune. The mob took them from the jail where they were held. The editorial said legal proceedings had already begun in the case and described the mob as acting in defiance of the courts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune, says a mob lynched this person after taking them from the Aiken, South Carolina jail.
Reported by: New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune (reporters).