Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men were being held in a jail at a courthouse in South Carolina. According to a telegraphic dispatch from Columbia printed in the Evening Star, the jail was broken open around one o'clock on the morning of Thursday, January 5, 1871. The six men were taken out and shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Chronicle says six Black men were taken from a courthouse jail and shot.
Reported by: special dispatch to the Chronicle (reporters).