Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Chas. Evans, a Black man, was held in the jail at Norway, South Carolina, in June 1903. According to the report, on June 30, 1903, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The report also said that four other people held in the same jail were beaten by the mob until they were insensible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper report of the 1903 lynching (reporters).