One of 3 people whose names were not reported
A man whose name the sources do not give died on May 4, 1883, while held at a convict camp on the Georgetown railroad in South Carolina. According to a Columbia dispatch reported in the Portland Daily Press, he was one of nine convicts working at the camp, and guards fired on a group of men who were trying to escape, killing him. The dispatch attributes the account to the guards' side of events, and no other source is given for the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A Columbia, S.C. dispatch reports that a third convict from the camp was shot during an escape attempt and is supposed to have drowned, but the dispatch does not confirm the death.
Reported by: Columbia, S.C. dispatch as reported in the Portland Daily Press (reporters).