Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died 1913 · Jay, North Dakota

A man held at the jail in Jay, North Dakota, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged in 1913. His name is not known from the available accounts. The mob's killing of him is recorded in a national year-end report of lynchings from that year.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: year-end national report on lynchings (reporters).

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