William Bennett, Jr.
William Bennett, Jr., was the son of Judge William R. Bennett, formerly on the bench of the criminal court in Fayette County. He was held at the Fayetteville jail, where a mob arrived on Sunday, July 25, 1920, in about 20 automobiles, demanded the keys from the sheriff's office, and kept the sheriff's staff under guard while they broke into the jail and took him out. According to an Associated Press report in the Great Falls Daily Tribune, the group drove into the country and hanged him from a beam stretched between the forks of trees.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press report says a mob took Bennett from the Fayetteville jail after demanding the keys from the sheriff's office and hanged him from a beam between the forks of trees.
Reported by: Associated Press report in the Great Falls Daily Tribune (reporters).