Bob Williams

Bob Williams, a Black man, was in the custody of officers in the lower part of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, on September 10, 1894, when a mob took him from them and hanged him. The Evening World's account, published four days later, does not say whether the officers resisted or gave him up. Bob Williams died at the hands of the mob, and the parish officers who held him did not prevent it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Evening World, September 14, 1894, page 2 The Evening World, September 14, 1894