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