One of 2 people whose names were not reported

Two brothers surnamed Courtwright were held in the Stevens Point jail in Portage County, Wisconsin. According to a Milwaukee dispatch printed in the Cairo Bulletin, about forty masked men entered the jail early on October 10, 1875, seized the guard, put him in irons, broke down the doors and took the prisoners out. The mob hanged the brothers from a pine tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Milwaukee dispatch reports that about forty masked men broke into the Stevens' Point jail, seized the guard and hanged the second of two Courtwright brothers from a pine tree.

Reported by: Milwaukee dispatch (news reports) (reporters).

Source

• The Cairo Bulletin, October 21, 1875, page 2 The Cairo Bulletin, October 21, 1875