Williams

Williams, a Black man, was held in the jail at Orangeburg, South Carolina. In October 1881, before dawn, a crowd broke in, took him from the jail and killed him. A dispatch reprinted in the Democratic Northwest on October 20, 1881, describes the killing as a lynching. The jail's response to the crowd is not part of the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A reprinted dispatch says a crowd took Williams from the Orangeburg, South Carolina, jail before dawn and killed him, and does not describe how jail staff responded.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Democratic Northwest, October 20, 1881, page 8 Democratic Northwest, October 20, 1881