Albert Williams

A brief dispatch from Little Rock, Arkansas, printed in The Portland Daily Press on April 5, 1883, reports that officers were holding Albert Williams when a mob took him and hanged him. Williams, a Black man, died on April 4, 1883. The dispatch names no facility and no members of the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief dispatch from Little Rock, Arkansas, printed in The Portland Daily Press, says a mob took Albert Williams from the officers holding him and hanged him.

Reported by: Brief news dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., as printed in The Portland Daily Press (reporters).

Source

• The Portland Daily Press, April 5, 1883, page 1 The Portland Daily Press, April 5, 1883