CURRENTLY: The area around Washington Street and LeRoy Streets is dominated by large warehouses and commercial buildings. The precise site of Williams’ attack is not known.
COMMEMORATED? No.
_____ Williams (colored). – He was attacked on the corner of Le Roy and Washington Streets, on Tuesday morning, July 14th, knocked down, a number of men jumped upon, kicked and stamped upon him until insensible. One of the murderers knelt on the body and drove a knife into it; the blade being too small he threw it away and resorted to his fists. Another seized a huge stone, weighing nearly twenty pounds, and deliberately crushed it again and again upon the victim. A force of police, under Captain Dickson, arrived and rescued the man, who was conveyed to the New York Hospital. He was only able to articulate “Williams” in response to a question as to his name, and remained insensible thereafter, dying in a few days. ###
