Died in jail or a lockup
Ross Hollis
Ross Hollis was a corporal in Company A of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was held in the Sturgis calaboose in Dakota Territory. According to a Pioneer Press special reprinted in the Omaha Daily Bee, a crowd overpowered the two guards at the calaboose after a coroner's inquest, took Hollis to a secluded spot behind the Catholic church, and hanged him. The same report says soldiers from Fort Meade stayed in town overnight.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Pioneer Press special from Sturgis reports that a crowd overpowered the two guards at the calaboose and hanged him behind the Catholic church.
Reported by: Pioneer Press special from Sturgis, Dakota (reporters).