Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
She was the wife of Oliver Wideman, and she was Black. In 1903, near Troy, South Carolina, a party of men took her and her husband and handed them over to a constable who was taking them to jail. A crowd stopped them at Winterseat bridge and lynched them both about midnight. The constable had custody of the couple when the crowd took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The 1903 newspaper report says a crowd stopped the constable taking her and her husband to jail at Winterseat bridge and lynched them about midnight.
Reported by: the 1903 newspaper report (reporters).