Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was held in the jail at Ilwen, Wisconsin, and on February 7, 1894, a press report datelined West Superior says about fifty masked men broke into the jail, took him and lynched him. The same report describes him as a Russian Finn. The jailer's or sheriff's response is not described in the account, and the name in the surviving text is too garbled to use.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Press Report dispatch from West Superior, Wisconsin, says about fifty masked men broke into the jail at Ilwen and lynched the man they took from it.
Reported by: Press Report dispatch, West Superior, Wis. (reporters).