There was a neighborhood party involving others of the African American Community that night at their house everyone seemed to have been enjoying themselves. That is until Sam and Peter began to fight. Words were exchanged between the two. Sam left the home and Peter followed behind with his gun.
"Do you mean it?" was shouted by Peter before he pulled his gun on Sam. He then shot Sam in the thigh near the groin. Sam was taken to a physician for the injury, but they couldn't do anything but stall his death. He died three days later.
It took around four weeks to arrest Peter. Even though it was said he wasn't doing anything to avoid. Peter was arrested on Feb. 1, 1879, at the Irvine Oxendine in the bar room.
On September 11, 1879, Peter's wife 21-year-old Olive came and brought him a Ginger molasses cake. The next day Peter ate a large portion of the cake and he shared with fellow prisoners. He was found frothing from the mouth and in pain others who ate the cake also got sick. It had turned out his wife had poisoned the cake. This left him paralyzed and hardly able to speak.
On September 24, 1880, Peter was set to hang. He was able to speak by this day and claimed to repent his sins and was not scared because of his trust in the Mercy of God. He was still paralyzed and was hung in a chair. His neck did not break and it took 11 minutes to die.
On September 24, 1880, Peter was set to hang. He was able to speak by this day and claimed to repent his sins and was not scared because of his trust in the Mercy of God. He was still paralyzed and was hung in a chair. His neck did not break and it took 11 minutes to die.
Peter was not the only one to have killed someone in his family. One brother Tom murdered a Sherrif Deputy and another brother unnamed in articles had also killed someone. The unnamed brother was also hung for his crime and I couldn't find if Tom had been caught.
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