Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Orangeburg Jail, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

A Black man was held in the Orangeburg jail in Orangeburg, South Carolina, when a mob took him from the jail. The mob hanged him from a tree. His death was a homicide carried out by people who seized him from the custody of the jail.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report