Albert Roberts
Albert Roberts was being held in the jail at Lewiston, Wisconsin. Around midnight on January 3, 1893, a mob of about 25 to 30 armed men came to the jail and demanded the cell key from Deputy Sheriff Wright at gunpoint, and the key was handed over. The mob took Roberts across the road to an old mill and hanged him by the neck. A coroner's jury held an inquest the same day and returned a verdict of homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 25 to 30 armed men took Albert Roberts from the Lewiston jail after Deputy Sheriff Wright handed over the cell key at gunpoint, and hanged him at an old mill; a coroner's jury found he was hanged by the neck.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); Deputy Sheriff Wright (the agency that held him).