Died in custody
Name not reported
Four people were taken from a sheriff in South Carolina by a crowd and shot on May 31, 1876, according to a brief item in the Independent Statesman published June 1. The item names none of the four and gives no county or facility where they were held. It does not say whether the sheriff resisted the crowd, gave up the keys, or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.