[10] The break-ins included the theft of food and items, as well as assaults on women.

[10] In late June, there was a break-in at the home of John Koechel, a blind broom maker.

[11] Police officers followed a trail of tiny white specks to the home of Henry Williams, a 30-year-old African American man, who was later arrested with no resistance.

[10][11] The night of Williams' arrest, crowds formed at the courthouse, while a local pastor, Rev.

[11] The crowd moved on to the jail, and demanded Sheriff A. J. Glenn give up Williams.

[11] A man called Mr. McVicker made a speech to attempt to pacify the crowd, but was knocked out by a thrown brick.

[11] The crowd knocked down the fence, stole the key, and unlocked Williams' cell, confronting the cowering man.

[10] The mob of 200-300 men decided they would hang him from a bridge instead of electrical lights, so they would not offend the women and children in the morning.

[10] In the early morning hours of June 30, 1898, Henry Williams was lynched on the Wabash bridge; he maintained his innocence when asked if he wanted to say anything.

[12] They were held at the Macon prison but on Saturday, November 15, 1919, a white mob drove into town and demanded that the sheriff hand them over.

[12] At first he refused but when the mob threatened to use dynamite to destroy the prison the four black men were handed over and they were then driven to Moberly, Missouri and lynched.

The Blees Military Academy, Macon County Courthouse and Annex, and Wardell House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.