Name not reported

On March 2, 1896, a crowd of masked men took a prisoner from officers who were holding them on a train at Windsor, South Carolina, according to the Pleasantville Weekly Press, which reported it on March 4. The paper gave no name for the person. It said it was thought the crowd had lynched them, but that report did not confirm the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Pleasantville Weekly Press reports that a crowd of masked men took a prisoner from officers on a train at Windsor, South Carolina, and that they are thought to have lynched him.

Reported by: Pleasantville Weekly Press (reporters).

Source

• Pleasantville Weekly Press, March 4, 1896, page 4 Pleasantville Weekly Press, March 4, 1896