Died in jail or a lockup
Will Williams
Will Williams, a Black man, was one of four people a mob took from deputies while they were being moved to a jail near Crosby, Alabama, on July 31, 1891, according to a special dispatch from Savannah, Georgia, printed in The Times. The dispatch said the four were believed to have been drowned in the Chattahoochee River. The deputies were responsible for the four when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah dispatch to The Times says a mob took Will Williams and three others from deputies while they were being moved to jail, and that they are believed to have been drowned in the Chattahoochee River.
Reported by: Savannah, Ga. special dispatch to The Times (reporters).