Will Lee

William Lee, a Black man, was held in the Hinton jail in Hinton, West Virginia, in May 1900. On the night of May 11, about one hundred masked men came to the jail at about 11:15 p.m., took him out and hanged him, according to the Times and the Indianapolis Journal. One account says his body was afterward riddled with bullets.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The Times, May 12, 1900, page 1 The Times, May 12, 1900
• The Indianapolis Journal, May 12, 1900, page 1 The Indianapolis Journal, May 12, 1900