Alex Holy Track
Alex Holy Track, an American Indian man, was held in the Emmons County jail in North Dakota. On the night of November 6, 1897, a mob broke into the jail, took him from custody and hanged him to a beef windlass several hundred yards away. The deputy sheriff in charge was overpowered and the men were taken from his control, according to the account. The Red Cloud Chief reported that the bodies hung through the following day because the coroner was slow to arrive and no one would cut them down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Alex Holy Track from the Emmons County jail and hanged him to a beef windlass, after overpowering the deputy sheriff in charge.
Reported by: Emmons County deputy sheriff (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.