Died in custody
Name not reported
A man held in Alaska by fellow miners was lynched by them in 1900, according to a year-end list of lynchings published in the Marietta Daily Leader in January 1901. The list gives no name, age or other detail about him. The paper reports that the miners acted to avoid the trouble of guarding him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: year-end list of lynchings in a historical newspaper (reporters).