Edward Whitfield
Edward Whitfield was in the custody of deputy sheriffs in Logan County, West Virginia, when a mob took him from them on a Monday afternoon in late December 1919. The mob shot him to death and threw his body into the river, where deputy sheriffs recovered it. 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: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Frank P. Hurst of Logan County promised a thorough investigation of the lynching after a mob took Edward Whitfield from deputies and shot him.
Reported by: Frank P. Hurst, sheriff of Logan County (the agency that held him); deputy sheriffs of Logan County (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.