Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

died April 13, 1888 · Otter Tail County, Minnesota

A man whose name cannot be reliably read in the surviving 1888 Morning News text was hanged in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on the afternoon of April 13, 1888, in a judicial execution. The paper reported that his neck was broken and described his composure on the scaffold.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

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