Alexander Foote

Alexander Foote, a Black man, was held in the jail at Princeton, Mercer County, Virginia, in April 1891. Newspapers that month reported that a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. One report, datelined Roanoke, places the hanging behind the village schoolhouse on the night of Saturday, April 11.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief Huntsville Gazette item says a mob took Alexander Foote from the jail at Princeton, Virginia, and hung him from a tree; the report does not say whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys.

Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters); Semi-Weekly Interior Journal (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Fort Worth Gazette, April 14, 1891, page 8 Fort Worth Gazette, April 14, 1891
• Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, April 17, 1891, page 4 Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, April 17, 1891
• Huntsville Gazette, April 25, 1891, page 2 Huntsville Gazette, April 25, 1891