Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was one of two men taken from officers in South Carolina and lynched, according to a short item in The Plymouth Tribune published August 25, 1904. The officers had custody of the men when a mob took them and killed them. The item gives no names and no place within the state. It does not say whether the officers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.