Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black people, three men and two women, were held in the Newberry jail in August 1916. According to news dispatches, a mob of about 200 men took them from the jail and carried them about a mile from town. The mob hanged all five together from one large oak tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. News dispatches report that a mob of about 200 men took five people from the Newberry jail and hanged them from an oak tree about a mile from town.
Reported by: news dispatches.