Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 5 people whose names were not reported

died April 5, 1887 · Yorkville, South Carolina

Five people held at the jail in Yorkville, South Carolina, were taken from it by a mob in the early morning of Tuesday, April 5, 1887. The mob hanged all five. Their names have not been recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report