Will Williams
Will Williams, a Black man, was in the custody of deputies who were taking him to jail near Crosby, Alabama, in late July 1891. According to a Savannah dispatch printed in The Times and The State Chronicle, a mob took him and three other Black men from the deputies while they were being taken to jail. The dispatch says the four are believed to have been drowned in the Chattahoochee River.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah dispatch to The Times says a mob took Will Williams from deputies while he was being moved to jail near Crosby, Alabama, and that he is believed to have been drowned in the Chattahoochee River.
Reported by: A special to the State from Savannah, Ga. (reporters); Savannah, Ga. special dispatch to The Times (reporters).