Died in jail or a lockup
Ardee Wilson
Ardee Wilson was held in the jail at Sparta, Illinois. On August 30, 1902, a mob took him from the jail, put a noose over his head and hanged him from a telegraph pole. He slipped the noose and ran, but a posse found him hours later within two blocks of the jail and shot him to death. Newspaper accounts of the killing differ slightly on the details of the hanging and the search.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.