Scotty

Scotty was held in the jail at La Crosse, Wisconsin, in October 1884. According to the Springfield Weekly Republican, a crowd gathered and demanded that he be handed over, and although the sheriff and police tried to calm them, the mob battered down the jail doors. The crowd seized him and hanged him from a tree near the jail. Another paper of the period reports that citizens could not stop the crowd.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Scotty from the La Crosse jail and hanged him from a tree near it, according to the Springfield Weekly Republican, which reports the sheriff and police tried to calm the crowd before the doors were battered down.

Reported by: Springfield Weekly Republican (reporters); Jamestown Weekly Alert (reporters).

Sources (4)

• Dodge City Times, October 23, 1884, page 2 Dodge City Times, October 23, 1884
• People And Patriot, October 23, 1884, page 5 People And Patriot, October 23, 1884
• Jamestown Weekly Alert, October 23, 1884, page 1 Jamestown Weekly Alert, October 23, 1884
• Springfield Weekly Republican, October 24, 1884, page 5 Springfield Weekly Republican, October 24, 1884