Name not reported
In January 1871, two men who had been held in the Abbeville jail in South Carolina were killed after a mob of about fifty armed men, some of them disguised, came into town around midnight on a Wednesday. According to the Abbeville Press and Banner, the men seized the sheriff, demanded the jail keys, broke into the jail and took five prisoners from their cells. The next morning, two of the men were found dead about a mile from town. The paper condemned the killings and urged those responsible to stop.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Abbeville Press and Banner reported that a band of disguised armed men seized the sheriff, took the jail keys, broke into the jail and took out five prisoners, two of whom were found dead the next morning about a mile from town.
Reported by: The Abbeville Press and Banner (reporters).