Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On May 28, 1895, a masked mob of about fifty men, carrying Winchester rifles, took four Black men from the guards who were escorting them to jail, according to The Herald. The mob led them into a swamp, where three of the men were killed. The fourth man was beaten nearly to death and ordered to leave the country, the paper reported. The killings are recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Herald reported that a masked mob of about fifty men took four Black men from guards on the way to jail and killed three of them in a swamp.
Reported by: The Herald (reporters).