Died in custody
William Porter
William Porter was in the custody of officers at Livermore, Kentucky, in April 1911, when a mob took him from them and shot him to death on the stage of the Livermore Opera House, where the officers had placed him. The Montgomery Advertiser described the killing as a lynching. In August 1911 a man accused in the case was acquitted at Calhoun, the first of three defendants to be tried.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.