Willie Lee Jenkins was lynched in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama.
[1] According to family oral history and local accounts within the Black community, Willie Jenkins had a dispute with his boss' wife which cost him his life.
[2] Newspapers of the time reported that he "insulted a white woman.
"[3] He tried to escape by train but a mob dragged him off, took him into the woods and killed him.
[2] His corpse was found in the bottom of a well in Barbour County, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Eufaula on the Batesville road.