Died in jail or a lockup
Dorman Musgrove
Dorman Musgrove was held at the Glencoe county jail in Glencoe, Minnesota, when, early on a Sunday in September 1896, a masked mob of about 100 men broke into the jail. The mob took him from his cell and hanged him from a bridge over Buffalo Creek. The jailer was tied in his chair while the mob broke the cell locks to reach him. Newspaper accounts of the time attribute the mob's anger to a trial.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 100 men broke into the Glencoe county jail, took Dorman Musgrove from his cell and hanged him from a bridge over Buffalo Creek, with the jailer tied in his chair.
Reported by: newspaper accounts of the 1896 lynching (reporters).