Died in jail or a lockup
John Waldo
John Waldo was held in the Long Prairie jail in Todd County, Minnesota, when a mob took him from the jail on a Saturday night in November 1879, according to a St. Paul dispatch printed in the Cincinnati Daily Star. The dispatch says the mob hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Paul dispatch reported that a mob took John Waldo from the Long Prairie jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: St. Paul dispatch to the Star (reporters).