Died in custody
Name not reported
Three men held by the sheriff near Little Falls, Minnesota, were taken from his custody by a crowd in August 1857, according to a St. Paul dispatch printed in the Alexandria Gazette. The crowd hanged the three men from a tree. The dispatch attributes both the seizing of the men and the hanging to the crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: St. Paul newspaper dispatch (reporters).