Executed
Ole G. Olson
Ole G. Olson was a farmer near Glen who lived alone for several years after his wife died, until he brought his son and daughter from Sweden to live with him. On March 20, 1903, he was hanged at the Aitkin County Jail, where the execution was held out of public view on a gallows built hastily inside the jail. Newspaper accounts reported serious complications with the untested apparatus. Those accounts described the scene as especially harrowing.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Aitkin County Jail officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: Serving a sentence.