Bill Johnson

According to a January 1895 Waco, Texas newspaper report, Bill Johnson was shot several times in 1859, and a mob then took him from a jail and hanged him while he was still dying. The report, carried by several papers, says a trapper found his petrified body on the bank of the Brazos River near Waco in 1895 and that it was recognized as his. None of the accounts say which jail held him, who held the keys, or whether the jailer resisted or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A January 1895 Waco, Texas newspaper report says a mob took Bill Johnson from a jail and hanged him while he was still dying from gunshot wounds.

Reported by: Waco, Texas newspaper report (1895) (reporters).

Sources (3)

• Hutchinson Gazette, January 17, 1895, page 6 Hutchinson Gazette, January 17, 1895
• People'S Voice, January 17, 1895, page 2 People'S Voice, January 17, 1895
• The Wealth Makers Of The World, January 17, 1895, page 2 The Wealth Makers Of The World, January 17, 1895