Died in custody
William Pemberton
William Pemberton was being held in the custody of a constable at Peoria, Illinois. According to The Daily Gazette of October 11, 1875, at about one o'clock on Saturday morning, October 9, a gang of twelve men took him from the constable, shot him, and hanged him from a tree. The paper reported that the constable resisted the mob and mortally wounded one of its members.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A gang of twelve men took William Pemberton from a constable at Peoria, Illinois, shot him and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news reports.