Alec Williams

Alec Williams, who was Black, was hanged at Elberton, Georgia. A brief in a national news roundup in The Cape Girardeau Democrat, published December 22, 1894, reported the hanging. The account attributes the death to hanging and names no other cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A national news roundup says he was hanged at Elberton, Georgia, and gives no further details of the death.

Reported by: national news roundup.

Source

• The Cape Girardeau Democrat, December 22, 1894, page 6 The Cape Girardeau Democrat, December 22, 1894