Died in custody
Monroe Williams
Monroe Williams was held in the parish prison at New Orleans and was recently brought to Tangipaho, Louisiana. According to the Semi-Weekly Leader of December 2, 1905, a mob took him from an officer on the afternoon of November 27, 1905. The paper reported that the mob took him into the woods, hanged him from a tree and shot him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.