Pete Vinegar

Pete Vinegar was held in a jail when a mob took him from the jail, according to a brief 1882 report. The mob hanged him from a bridge about a week after others were arrested in connection with a killing. He was a man, and the report is the only source for these events.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news report says a mob took him from a jail and hanged him from a bridge about a week after others connected to a killing were captured.

Reported by: brief news report.

Source

• Weekly Chillicothe Crisis, October 12, 1882, page 4 Weekly Chillicothe Crisis, October 12, 1882