Died in jail or a lockup
Willis Law
Willis Law, a Black man, died around July 31, 1891. A Savannah, Georgia dispatch printed in The Times reported that he was one of four people taken from deputies by a mob while being moved to a jail near Crosby, Alabama. The dispatch said the four were believed to have drowned in the Chattahoochee River. He was in the custody of the deputies escorting him when the mob seized him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah dispatch to The Times says a mob took Willis Law from deputies while he was being moved to jail and that he is believed to have been drowned in the Chattahoochee River.
Reported by: Savannah, Ga. special dispatch to The Times (reporters).