Name not reported
A Black man, whose name and age are not recorded, was taken from a South Carolina jail and lynched in 1889, according to a Herald And News editorial published in January 1890. The editorial says a mob seized him during the holiday season, one of eight Black people reportedly killed in that period, and that some of the eight were held only as witnesses. The editorial's claims about the wider series of killings have not been independently confirmed here, and no record of who held him or how the jail responded has been found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Herald and News editorial says one of eight Black people was taken from a South Carolina jail and lynched in 1889.
Reported by: Herald and News editorial (reporters).