Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Helena, Montana jail was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged from a telegraph pole, according to the Hopkinsville Kentuckian's account published on October 4, 1901. The article reports that he declared his innocence before he was killed, and that the mob acted before any investigation. His name is garbled in the newspaper's scan and cannot be recovered from this source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.