Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Minnesota jail was taken from it by a mob and hanged, along with another man held there, according to a brief telegraphic report in the Shoshone Journal published September 11, 1896. The report attributes the mob's anger to friends of a sheriff who had been killed. The killing is recorded here as a death in the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.