Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 14, 1895 · Greenville County, South Carolina

A Black person held at the jail in Greenville, South Carolina, was taken from it by a mob on the night of Sunday, July 14, 1895, and killed. The jail was holding them when the mob seized them and carried out the killing.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report