Henry Williams

Henry Williams, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Mason, Missouri, and lynched, according to a brief item in the Hocking Sentinel published July 7, 1898. The item does not give the date of the killing or say who took him from the jail. It also does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.

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

Reported by: Hocking Sentinel (reporters).

Source

• The Hocking Sentinel, July 7, 1898, page 2 The Hocking Sentinel, July 7, 1898