A. C. Williams
A. C. Williams, a 22-year-old Black man, was held in the county jail in Quincy, Florida, in May 1941. The NAACP and The New York Times reported that four masked men armed with pistols forced the jailer, Dan Davis, to open the cell doors and took Williams out. His body was found riddled with bullets on a creek bridge near Quincy. The NAACP and the Times describe his death as a mob killing from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The NAACP and The New York Times report that four masked men armed with pistols took him from the county jail after forcing an officer to open the cell doors, and that his body was found riddled with bullets on a creek bridge near Quincy, Florida.
Reported by: NAACP (advocates); The New York Times (reporters).