Weatherford Irving

Weatherford Irving was held in the jail at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. According to a Wheeling dispatch citing authentic information from Princeton, a mob of about 300 men took him from that jail on the Monday night of March 10, 1890, and shot him to death. The report was carried in The Butler Weekly Times on March 19, 1890. Irving was Black.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Wheeling dispatch citing authentic information from Princeton says a mob of about 300 men took him from the Princeton jail and shot him to death.

Reported by: Wheeling dispatch citing authentic information from Princeton (reporters).

Source

• The Butler Weekly Times, March 19, 1890, page 6 The Butler Weekly Times, March 19, 1890