Charles Cingmars
Charles Cingmars was held in the McLeod County jail in Minnesota. Shortly after 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, 1896, about 100 men came to the jail, overpowered the turnkey and guards, and broke in with a sledgehammer. The men took him to a railroad bridge outside town, where he was hanged. The Bolivar Bulletin reported that his mother, who had been in town for two weeks, did not learn of his death until the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 100 men overpowered the turnkey and guards, broke into the McLeod County jail with a sledgehammer, and took him to a railroad bridge where they hanged him, according to the contemporary newspaper account.
Reported by: contemporary newspaper account.