Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man believed to be W. F. Williams, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was held in the jail in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Early on February 21, 1915, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. Newspaper accounts of the killing name him only by this belief about his identity.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.