Died in custody
Ed Maxwell
Ed Maxwell was killed in Durand, Wisconsin, on November 19, 1881. After he made a statement in court, a mob threw a rope over his neck in the courtyard, dragged him down the stairs and along the ground to a tree, and hanged him there. The Huntsville Gazette reported the lynching on November 26, 1881.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The 1881 newspaper report says a mob hanged him in the courtyard at Durand after he made a statement in court.
Reported by: 1881 newspaper report (reporters).