Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Peter Louin
Peter Louin was held in the jail at Electric, near Wetumpka, Alabama. According to a dispatch from Wetumpka printed in August 1899, a mob of masked men took him from the jail and lynched him on August 20, 1899. The same report says his fifteen-year-old son was taken from the jail and killed with him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Peter Louin from the jail at Electric, Alabama, and killed him, according to a 1899 newspaper report datelined Wetumpka.
Reported by: The Record-Union (newspaper report, datelined Wetumpka, Ala.) (reporters).