Died in jail or a lockup
John Peters
John Peters, a Black man, was held in the jail at Tazewell, West Virginia, in April 1900. According to The Evening Bulletin, shortly after midnight a masked mob broke open the jail doors with axes, put a rope around his neck and dragged him down the railroad track toward the woods. The Greene County Herald, citing an unnamed correspondent, reports that he was shot as he was dragged and then hanged from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob broke into the Tazewell, West Virginia jail, dragged John Peters out, shot him and hanged his body from a tree.
Reported by: unnamed news report.