Died in jail or a lockup
Boy Williams
"Boy" Williams, a Black man, was taken from a jail in Georgia and lynched in June 1899, according to a brief news dispatch datelined Baxley, Ga. The dispatch does not name the jail that held him or say whether officers resisted the mob or handed him over. The only account of his death is that one short report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Baxley, Ga. reports that he was lynched after being taken from a jail.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Baxley, Ga. (reporters).