Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Eight Black people held in the jail at Barnwell Court House were taken out by a mob and lynched, according to telegraph reports cited in a Baptist Courier editorial published January 16, 1890. The editor condemned the killings and wrote that some of those taken may have been innocent. The jail is where these people were held when the mob took them and killed them.
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, citing telegraph reports (reporters).