Name not reported

A man surnamed Banks was held in the Abbeville County jail and later hanged on the gallows, according to a 1916 reminiscence column in The Abbeville Press and Banner. The writer recalled that years earlier, when other prisoners cut through the bars of his cell and escaped, Banks chose to stay where he was, saying he had made peace with God. Those details come from the writer's memory of events decades before the column was printed.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: The Abbeville Press And Banner, reminiscence column (reporters).

Source

• The Abbeville Press And Banner, February 9, 1916, page 5 The Abbeville Press And Banner, February 9, 1916