Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an October 1926 editorial in The Montgomery Advertiser, a white mob stormed the jail at Aiken, South Carolina, and took three people who were being held there. The editorial reports that the mob killed all three. South Carolina newspapers condemned the killings and called on the state to proceed against the members of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A white mob stormed the Aiken, South Carolina jail, took three prisoners out and killed them, according to an editorial reporting that state newspapers condemned the killings.
Reported by: editorial reporting in a historical newspaper.