Killing of Willie Jackson, Frasier Lyle, and Carnell Williams in South Carolina in 1935

Incident

Case summary

Willie Jackson, about 25, a laborer, was killed in 1935 by a posse led by law enforcement officers in Kershaw County, South Carolina. The posse rounded up and shot Jackson, who had escaped from the state prison farm with a group of prisoners. Frasier Lyle was killed in 1935 possibly by a law enforcement posse in Sumter County, South Carolina. A letter in an NAACP file lists Lyle as one of a group of men, including Carnell Williams, who escaped from a state farm prison and were hunted down the posse. Carnell Williams, a laborer, approximately 25 years old, was killed in 1935 by a law enforcement posse in Sumter County, South Carolina. Williams was one of a group of men who escaped from a state prison farm. The posse found him and several of the others after a five-day hunt and fatally shot him.

Victim(s):

Willie Jackson

Frasier Lyle

Carnell Williams


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals: [ ]
Perpetrator group type: mob, police, posse

Date of incident: 1935-04-10
Location: Boykin, Kershaw County, South Carolina
Location type: public space - rural
Allegation against victim: attempting to break out of a prison camp; attacking a prison guard

Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

Criminal process
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