William McCreary
William McCreary was a Black man held in the Carroll County jail at Carrollton, Mississippi, when a mob broke into the jail on the afternoon of August 1, 1901, took him and two others out and hanged them, according to a New Orleans Picayune report carried by the Associated Press. The Alexandria Gazette names him as the son of Betsy McCreary and says he was held together with his mother and half-sister. Governor Longino was reported to have travelled to Carrollton by special train but arrived too late to prevent the killings. The three had been remanded to jail by a coroner's jury, according to the same account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Carrollton jail on August 1, 1901, took three prisoners, including William McCreary, and hanged them, according to a Picayune dispatch; the accounts do not say whether jailers or the sheriff resisted.
Reported by: New Orleans Picayune special report via Associated Press (reporters); Picayune special dispatch from Winona (reporters); Alexandria Gazette (reporters).