Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Herald And News editorial published in January 1890, a Black man was taken from a South Carolina jail and lynched in 1889. The editorial says a mob took him from the jail and killed him. It places his death among eight killings of Black people during the holiday season of that year. It says some of those eight were held only as witnesses.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1890 Herald and News editorial says a mob lynched one of eight Black people taken from a South Carolina jail during the 1889 holiday season.
Reported by: Herald And News editorial (reporters).