Died in jail or a lockup
Nick Williams
Nick Williams was held in the Ocala jail on January 12, 1926, when two officers were driving him by car toward a hospital. According to a 1926 newspaper report, a group of masked men surrounded the car, covered the guard with pistols, and demanded that he be handed over. The men took Williams, put him in an automobile, and lynched him at a lonely spot about 18 miles from Ocala. The account comes from a single news report and has not been independently confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1926 news report says a masked mob took Nick Williams from officers who were driving him from the Ocala jail toward a hospital and lynched him about 18 miles away.
Reported by: news reports.