Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Hardy Gill, a Black man, was being held in the jail in Lancaster, South Carolina. The Fisherman & Farmer reported in June 1894 that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The report describes the killing only in those terms.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Fisherman & Farmer (reporters).