Died in jail or a lockup
Will Williams
Will Williams, 19, was one of seven men held under guard at Sunnyside, Texas, in April 1897. According to a Houston dispatch printed in the San Francisco Call, a mob overpowered the guards and took the seven men away. The next morning Will Williams's body had not been found, and the report says the gunfire probably explains the absence. The Call's report gives the cause of death as being shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call, citing a Houston dispatch, reported that Will Williams was shot during a mob's seizure of men held under guard at Sunnyside.
Reported by: San Francisco Call, citing a Houston dispatch (reporters).