Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, identified in a June 1899 Associated Press dispatch only as "Hey" Williams, was held at the jail in Baxley, Georgia. According to the dispatch, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The account is the only record of his death, and it names him as the paper did.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news report (Associated Press dispatch) (reporters).