Executed
Willie Williams
Willie Williams was hanged in a public execution at Abbeville, Georgia, on November 8, 1889. Before he died he ate a dinner, wrote a letter to his mother and sent her a lock of his hair, and asked the sheriff for a few minutes alone to pray. Two ministers prayed with him. On the gallows he said he had not received justice, and he thanked the sheriff for treating him courteously.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state