Died in custody
Jane Williams
Jane Williams, a Black woman, was in the custody of a deputy sheriff near Byhalia, Mississippi, when a mob took her and her husband Fred from him on November 27, 1914. The mob hanged them near the place where it said an offense had occurred. The deputy reportedly tried to stop the mob but did not succeed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jane Williams and her husband Fred from a deputy sheriff and hanged them near Byhalia, and the deputy reportedly tried to stop the mob but did not succeed.
Reported by: news reports.