Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Baptist Courier, citing telegraph reports, said that eight Black people held in the jail at Barnwell Court House were taken out and lynched by a mob. The paper did not name them. The editor condemned the killings and said some of those taken may have been innocent.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Baptist Courier, citing telegraph reports, says a mob took eight people from the Barnwell Court House jail and lynched them.
Reported by: Baptist Courier editorial (reporters).