Died in custody
Earl Whitney
Earl Whitney was in the custody of deputy sheriffs in Logan County, West Virginia, when a mob took him from them on the Monday afternoon of December 29, 1919, and shot him to death. According to the report, the mob then threw his body into the river, and searchers had not found it when the report was written. Sheriff Frank P. Hurst promised a thorough investigation of the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Frank P. Hurst of Logan County promised a thorough investigation of the mob killing.
Reported by: Frank P. Hurst, sheriff of Logan County (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.