Died in custody
Name not reported
According to the Marietta Journal, one of four men held by the sheriff in Abbeville district, South Carolina, was taken from the sheriff by a crowd of white and Black citizens. The paper reported that he was shot in the presence of about three hundred people, and that more than 100 shots were fired.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Marietta Journal (reporters).