Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Williams
Charles Williams was hanged on August 20, 1880, on a flat about a quarter mile from Silver City, New Mexico. The Morning Journal And Courier reported that the sheriff took him from the jail to the place of execution, accompanied by a posse. The paper said the fall broke his neck, that he died without a struggle, and that life was pronounced extinct after fourteen minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper account says a sheriff and a posse took him from the jail and hanged him near Silver City, and that his neck was broken by the fall.
Reported by: newspaper account.