Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a brief item in The Iowa Plain Dealer, published January 29, 1869, a man held at the jail at Appling, South Carolina, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged. The paper's report of the death is the only source available. Other details of the death, including his name and age, are not in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.