Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Williams
A mob marched to the Mobile County Jail in Mobile, Alabama, where Frank Williams was being held, broke through the jail wall, and took him to a nearby tree, according to a May 1874 report in the National Republican. They hanged him there and left his body suspended for more than two hours before the coroner ordered it cut down and buried.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A National Republican news report says a mob broke down the Mobile County Jail wall, took Frank Williams to a nearby tree and hanged him.
Reported by: National Republican (reporters).