Died in prison
Jim Lancaster
Jim Lancaster died at Caledonia farm No. 2 after another man held there struck him in the head with an axe. According to the court record and a newspaper account of the case, the killing followed a dispute between the two men. The man who struck Lancaster said Lancaster had tried to cut him, but the newspaper reported considerable doubt about that account.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Another man held at the farm struck Jim Lancaster in the head with an axe during a dispute, according to a court record and a newspaper account of the murder trial.
Reported by: court record of the murder trial; newspaper account of the murder trial.