Died in jail or a lockup
Williams
Williams, a Black man, was held in the jail at Harlem, Oklahoma, in March 1922. According to a short wire item in The Guthrie Daily Leader published March 13, 1922, a mob took him from that jail and lynched him. He was in the jail's custody when the mob took him and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire item reports that a mob took Williams from the jail in Harlem, Oklahoma, and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.