Died in jail or a lockup

Ireland

Williamsport Jail, Emmons County, North Dakota

Ireland was held in the jail at Williamsport, in Emmons County, North Dakota. A Jamestown Weekly Alert report published on April 4, 1901 says a mob took Ireland from the jail and lynched Ireland. The report is the only account cited here of how Ireland died.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Ireland from the jail at Williamsport and lynched him after news of a new trial in the Spicer murder case reached Emmons county residents.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Jamestown Weekly Alert, April 4, 1901, page 5 Jamestown Weekly Alert, April 4, 1901

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