Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person, not named in the account, was held at the jail in Aiken, South Carolina. The Montgomery Advertiser reported in October 1926 that a white mob stormed the jail, took them out and killed them. The paper quoted an editorial in which South Carolina newspapers condemned the killing and demanded that the state 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 a third prisoner out and killed them, according to an editorial reporting that state newspapers condemned the killing.
Reported by: editorial in a historical newspaper.