Name not reported
Three Black men were being transported by two constables toward the county jail at Bamberg, South Carolina, in March 1912, according to a Birmingham Age-Herald news dispatch. The dispatch reports that a mob of 75 to 100 men surprised the constables at Odom's bridge, about seven miles from Olar, took the three men from the officers, and shot them. The names of the three men are not given in the dispatch. The dispatch describes the constables as surprised and does not say whether they resisted, gave up the men, or were overpowered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of 75 to 100 men took three men from two constables who were transporting them to the Bamberg county jail and shot them, according to a Birmingham Age-Herald news dispatch.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald news dispatch (reporters).