Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Peter Leenin
Peter Leenin was being held at Electric, near Wetumpaka, Alabama, together with his 15-year-old son. According to a Providence News dispatch from Wetumpaka, published August 21, 1899, a mob of masked men took both of them from jail and killed them on August 20, 1899. The dispatch reports their deaths as a lynching by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Providence News dispatch from Wetumpaka, Alabama, reports that a mob of masked men took Peter Leenin from jail and killed him.
Reported by: Providence News dispatch from Wetumpaka, Ala. (reporters).