Jack Brown

Jack Brown was held in the jail at Glasgow, Montana, when a mob took him out and hanged him in June 1903. The Kimball Graphic dates the lynching to Thursday, June 18, 1903, and places it in Glasgow. The Aberdeen Democrat reported the death in a brief item in its weekly roundup.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item says a mob took Jack Brown from the Glasgow, Montana, jail and hanged him, but it gives no details on how the mob got in or whether jail staff resisted.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The Aberdeen Democrat, June 26, 1903, page 6 The Aberdeen Democrat, June 26, 1903
• The Kimball Graphic, June 26, 1903, page 2 The Kimball Graphic, June 26, 1903