Iver Peterson

Iver Peterson was an 18-year-old Black man. Officers were taking him to jail in Eufala, Alabama, in February 1911 when a posse of citizens took him from them. The posse carried him about eight miles out of town, hanged him from a tree and shot him. The Topeka State Journal reported the killing the day after it happened.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A posse of citizens took him from officers who were carrying him to jail, carried him eight miles out of town, hanged him and shot him.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Topeka State Journal, February 13, 1911, page 6 The Topeka State Journal, February 13, 1911