Died in jail or a lockup
William Williams
William Williams, a Black man, was being taken by officers to the jail at Abbeville, Alabama, in August 1891, according to a Birmingham dispatch printed in the Madison Daily Leader. The dispatch says he was one of three prisoners on the way to the jail when a mob overpowered the officers, took the three men and shot them to death. According to the same dispatch, the bodies were thrown into a nearby river.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Birmingham dispatch reported in the Madison Daily Leader says a mob overpowered the officers taking him to the Abbeville jail, then shot him to death.
Reported by: Birmingham dispatch reported in the Madison Daily Leader (reporters).