Died in custody
E. D. Whitfield
E. D. Whitfield, a Black man, was held in the custody of deputy sheriffs at Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, when a mob took him from them in December 1919. The mob shot him and threw his body into a river, where it was recovered the following night. Accounts differ on the date of his death: one gives December 15, and another gives a Monday afternoon in late December. County officers said his body had more than 50 bullet wounds. Sheriff Frank P. Hurst promised a thorough investigation of the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody