Pete Hill

Pete Hill was one of two men a mob took near St. Albans, West Virginia, according to a dispatch published in the Iowa Plain Dealer in May 1884. The dispatch says the two men had been held by officers, and that the officers got away with a third man. It reports that the mob hanged the two men from an elm tree west of the town.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reports that a mob hanged Pete Hill and another man to an elm tree west of St. Albans, West Virginia, after taking them from officers.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Iowa Plain Dealer, May 8, 1884, page 4 The Iowa Plain Dealer, May 8, 1884