Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men were held in a jail at a courthouse in South Carolina, according to a telegraphic dispatch from Columbia printed in the Evening Star. The dispatch reports that the jail was broken open around one o'clock on the morning of Thursday, January 5, 1871, and that the six men were taken out and shot. The men are not named.
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).