Died in custody
Bob Williams
Bob Williams, a Black man, worked as a car coupler on a railway in Montgomery, Alabama. He was in the custody of officers when, according to The Manning Times, a mob took him from them and lynched him. The paper's report is the only account given here of how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper report says a mob took Bob Williams from the officers who had arrested him and lynched him.
Reported by: the newspaper report.