John Peterson
John Peterson was held at the guardhouse at Denmark, South Carolina, when a mob took him and killed him on April 24, 1893, according to a letter writer to the New-York Tribune. The letter writer says Peterson had gone voluntarily to Governor Tillman and that the governor handed him over to the crowd. The writer says the mob hanged him from a tree and shot him many times. The writer describes Peterson as a praying man.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A letter writer to The Tribune says a mob took John Peterson from the guardhouse at Denmark, hanged and shot him, and says Governor Tillman handed him over after he went to the governor voluntarily to plead for a fair trial.
Reported by: letter writer to The Tribune.