Peter Berryman

Peter Perryman was held in the jail at Mena, Arkansas. According to The Conway Log Cabin, which reported the killing in March 1901, a mob of eight men went to the jail, overpowered the guard, took him from his cell and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town. The County Record, in February 1901, reported that a Black man named Peter Berryman was taken from a jail at Mena and lynched by a mob, and the two accounts appear to describe the same killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The County Record, February 28, 1901, page 2 The County Record, February 28, 1901
• The Conway Log Cabin, March 5, 1901, page 1 The Conway Log Cabin, March 5, 1901