Name not reported

An unnamed man from Ohio was held in the log jail at Lexington in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. According to the St. Paul Minnesotian, a band of thirty to forty men came to Lexington in late December 1858, demanded the jail keys, overpowered the jailer and broke into the jail. They took him from his cell, hanged him from a tree and buried him in a shallow grave.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of thirty to forty men took the man from the log jail at Lexington, Minnesota, overpowered the jailer and hanged him, according to the St. Paul Minnesotian.

Reported by: St. Paul Minnesotian (reporters).

Source

• The Tiffin Tribune, January 14, 1859, page 2 The Tiffin Tribune, January 14, 1859