Peter

Peter was held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, together with his teenage son. On or about August 20, 1899, masked men took the two of them from the jail and lynched them, according to a wire dispatch published in The Silver State the following day. The dispatch dates the deaths to the Wetumpka area and describes the mob as masked men who came for the pair while they were in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Silver State wire dispatch reports that masked men took Peter and his teenage son from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and lynched them.

Reported by: The Silver State (wire dispatch) (reporters).

Source

• The Silver State, August 21, 1899, page 4 The Silver State, August 21, 1899