Pikkarien

Andrew Pikkarien, a Russian Finn, was held in the village jail at Ewen, near West Superior, Wisconsin, in February 1894. The Progressive Farmer reported that about fifty masked men surrounded the jail, and that the officers protested but could not stop them. The men smashed the doors, dragged him out about eighty rods to a railroad trestle, and hanged him there. Accounts of the night differ on the date, placing it on February 6 or in the week that followed, and the Laramie Republican account attributes the report to a West Superior correspondent.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to the West Superior correspondent reported in the Laramie Republican, about fifty masked men broke into the Ewen village jail, dragged him out and hanged him, while officers protested; the Staunton Spectator editorial approved of the killing.

Reported by: West Superior correspondent, as reported in the Laramie Republican (reporters); Staunton Spectator editorial.

Sources (4)

• The Laramie Republican, February 8, 1894, page 1 The Laramie Republican, February 8, 1894
• The Irish Standard, February 10, 1894, page 2 The Irish Standard, February 10, 1894
• The Progressive Farmer, February 13, 1894, page 3 The Progressive Farmer, February 13, 1894
• Staunton Spectator, February 14, 1894, page 2 Staunton Spectator, February 14, 1894