Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men were held in a jail at a courthouse in South Carolina. Around one o'clock on Thursday morning, January 5, 1871, a mob broke open the jail, took the six men out and shot them, according to a dispatch from Columbia printed in the Evening Star. The dispatch does not name the men or say whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Chronicle reports that six Black men were taken from a courthouse jail and shot.
Reported by: special dispatch to the Chronicle (reporters).