Died in custody
Name not reported
In August 1857, a man held by the sheriff near Little Falls, Minnesota, was taken from custody by a crowd and hanged from a tree, according to a St. Paul dispatch printed in the Alexandria Gazette. The sheriff's response is not given in the account. The account names neither him nor any of the people who took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: St. Paul dispatch (newspaper report) (reporters).