Died in jail or a lockup
One of 8 people whose names were not reported
A Black man was one of eight men held in the jail at Union, South Carolina, when masked men came in the night of February 14, 1871. According to a special dispatch printed in the Daily State Journal, the raiders tied up the sheriff and jailer, forced the jail open and took the men out. The dispatch reports that six of the men were shot and two were hanged. The dispatch does not record this man's name.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch to the Chronicle says masked men took the prisoners from the Union, South Carolina jail during a Ku Klux raid, tied up the sheriff and jailor, and forced the jail open.
Reported by: A special to the Chronicle (reporters).