Died in jail or a lockup
Will Cantor
Will Cantor, a Black man, was one of three men held in the Childersburg jail in Alabama. Early in the morning of May 16, 1892, a mob took the three men from the jail and hanged them from the bridge over the Coosa river on the Georgia Central railroad. Will Cantor was killed in this way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.