Died in custody
Name not reported
In August 1857, a telegraphic dispatch from St. Paul, Minnesota, dated August 24, reported that a mob took three men from a sheriff near Little Falls and hanged them from a tree. The dispatch gives no names, ages, or other details about the men. It says nothing about how the sheriff responded to the mob, whether he resisted or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: telegraphic dispatch from St. Paul's, Minnesota (reporters).