Died in jail or a lockup
Bud Williamson
22 years old · died April 11, 1887 · Ripley jail, Tippah County, Mississippi
Bud Williamson, about 22 years old, was held in the jail at Ripley, Mississippi, in April 1887. Newspaper dispatches report that an armed mob of about twenty-five men from Union County stormed the jail, took him from his cell and shot him to death. The accounts give the date of his death as April 11, 1887, and one names him as Budd Williamson.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports of the 1887 Ripley, Mississippi dispatch (reporters).
News reports (6)
- San Antonio Daily Light, April 12, 1887, page 1 San Antonio Daily Light, April 12, 1887
- Alexandria Gazette, April 12, 1887, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, April 12, 1887
- Savannah Morning News, April 13, 1887, page 1 Savannah Morning News, April 13, 1887
- Fort Worth Daily Gazette, April 13, 1887, page 3 Fort Worth Daily Gazette, April 13, 1887
- Daily Evening Bulletin, April 13, 1887, page 2 Daily Evening Bulletin, April 13, 1887
- Richmond Dispatch, April 13, 1887, page 4 Richmond Dispatch, April 13, 1887