Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman whose name the sources do not give was held in the Ellore jail, near Orangeburg, South Carolina. On July 13, 1914, according to the Montgomery Advertiser, a mob broke in the jail door, took her out, and hanged her from a tree before shooting her body. The paper reports that about thirty people watched without resisting, but it does not say whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Ellore jail, took a woman from custody, hanged her from a tree and shot her body.
Reported by: news reports.