Maxwell

Maxwell was held in a jail in Minnesota when a mob took him out and killed him in 1881. A Minnesota jury later ruled that he died from a fall down the steps of the Court House, breaking his neck. The New-York Tribune said that juries in the West sit on such cases only after the lynching is over. The paper reported that the mob took him from the jail where he was held.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A Minnesota jury ruled that he fell down the Court House steps and broke his neck, but the news account describes a mob taking him from jail and lynching him.

Reported by: Minnesota jury (court); news report.

Source

• New-York Tribune, November 23, 1881, page 4 New-York Tribune, November 23, 1881