Alexander Foote
Alexander Foote was held in the jail at Princeton, Mercer County, in April 1891, according to several newspaper accounts printed that month. One report says about forty men came from Bluefield, demanded the keys from the sheriff, who surrendered them, and were led to his cell. The mob took him out and hanged him from a tree behind the village schoolhouse. The accounts give the date variously as April 11, 12 or 13.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Alexander Foote from the Princeton, Mercer County, jail and hanged him from a tree behind the village schoolhouse; one account says about forty men from Bluefield demanded the keys and the sheriff surrendered them.
Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters); Roanoke, Virginia dispatch (reporters); Semi-Weekly Interior Journal (reporters); Idaho Semi-Weekly World (reporters); The Appeal (reporters); Helena Independent (reporters); Madison Daily Leader (reporters).
Sources (18)
- Deseret Evening News, April 13, 1891, page 8
- Fort Worth Gazette, April 14, 1891, page 8
- The Times, April 14, 1891, page 2
- The Record-Union, April 14, 1891, page 1
- Daily Kennebec Journal, April 14, 1891, page 1
- The Madison Daily Leader, April 14, 1891, page 4
- The Salt Lake Herald, April 14, 1891, page 1
- Staunton Spectator, April 15, 1891, page 2
- The Helena Independent, April 15, 1891, page 6
- Pierre Weekly Free Press, April 16, 1891, page 2
- Wood County Reporter, April 16, 1891, page 6
- Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, April 17, 1891, page 4
- Oakes Weekly Republican, April 17, 1891, page 1
- The Herald-Advance, April 17, 1891, page 2
- The Appeal, April 18, 1891, page 1
- The Pioche Weekly Record, April 23, 1891, page 2
- Huntsville Gazette, April 25, 1891, page 2
- Idaho Semi-Weekly World, May 5, 1891, page 2