Died in jail or a lockup
K. Williams
K. Williams was held at the guard-house in Williamstown, South Carolina, when a mob of citizens from Anderson and Greenville took him from it on November 3, 1881. The Chicago Daily Tribune reported that the mob marched him back through Columbia. The paper reported that they hanged him from a tree across the Saluda River.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took K. Williams from the guard-house at Williamstown, South Carolina, and hanged him from a tree across the Saluda River.
Reported by: news reports.