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Died in custody

Name not reported

Greytown, South Carolina

A Black man held by officers in Greytown, South Carolina, was taken from them by a mob and lynched, according to a dispatch datelined Columbia and relayed to Governor Tillman, printed in the Los Angeles Herald on June 1, 1892. The dispatch gives no name, date of death, or facility for him, and no other account is attached to it.

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

Reported by: news dispatch datelined Columbia, S.C., relaying a report to Governor Tillman (reporters).

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