Died in jail or a lockup
William Sees
William Sees, a 30-year-old Black man, was held in the Osceola jail in Osceola, Arkansas. According to a Memphis dispatch carried by the New York Journal and Advertiser, a mob of about forty men took him from the jail at about 1 a.m. on Sunday, April 30, 1899, and hanged him in the jail yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis dispatch reports that a mob of about forty men took William Sees from the Osceola jail and hanged him in the jail yard.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch (reporters).