Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
On December 8, 1887, a mob took three Black people from the jail at Charleston and shot them to death. All three were being held at the jail when the mob came for them. Their deaths were a lynching from custody, and the jail that had held them did not protect them from the crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took three people from the Charleston jail and shot them to death, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: the newspaper account.