Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men were in the custody of an officer who was taking them to Mansfield, Louisiana, for safekeeping. According to an Associated Press dispatch printed in The Anderson Intelligencer on December 15, 1914, a mob took the two men from the officer and hanged them. The killing took place in December 1914.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch reports that a mob took two men from an officer who was moving them to Mansfield, Louisiana, for safekeeping, and hanged them.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).