Executed

Will Jones

died July 22, 1918 · Dallas County Jail, Dallas County, Texas

Will Jones, a Black man also recorded under the name Webb Nickerson, was hanged by the state at the Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, on July 22, 1918. His death was a judicial execution carried out in the county jail. He was held there at the time of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

News report

The History of Hangings and Lynchings in Dallas County smudailycampus.com, August 6, 2018

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