Bork
Bork was held in the Watertown jail in South Dakota after being taken near Castlewood. The Madison Daily Leader reported that around 11 o'clock on the night of September 4, 1894, masked men took him from the jail while officers offered no resistance. The paper said the men dragged him through side streets and hanged him from an electric light pole, where his body hung for more than an hour before it was cut down. The Reporter and Farmer gave the date as the Monday night before, September 3, and said the group did not wear masks.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Watertown jail and hanged him from a light pole, with the jail officers offering no resistance, according to the accounts; a coroner's inquest had not reached a verdict.
Reported by: Watertown dispatch in the Bismarck Weekly Tribune (reporters); coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner).