Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Crowley
Frank Crowley was held in the Minneapolis jail in April 1882. According to a Boston Herald special report from St. Paul, at about 2 a.m. on April 28 a mob of about fifty people broke down the jail door and seized the sheriff. The mob then took Crowley to a house, hanged him from an old oak tree, and left him there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Boston Herald special report from St. Paul says a mob of about fifty broke down the door of the Minneapolis jail, seized the sheriff, and hanged him from an oak tree.
Reported by: Boston Herald special report from St. Paul (reporters).