Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In March 1912, three Black men being taken to the Bamberg county jail in South Carolina by two constables from Olar were seized from the officers by a mob of 75 to 100 men at Odom's bridge, about seven miles from Olar, and shot to death. The Madison Daily Leader reported that the mob surprised the officers and finished quickly. The men are not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of 75 to 100 men took three Black men from two constables transporting them to the Bamberg county jail and shot them to death at Odom's bridge.
Reported by: newspaper account of the 1912 lynching (reporters).