Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man known only as Scotty was held in the La Crosse, Wisconsin jail after a shooting on Main street in October 1884, according to the Dodge City Times. A crowd of men came to the jail demanding that he be handed over, and the paper reports that he was taken out and hanged from a tree near the building.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took him from the La Crosse jail and hanged him to a tree near it, according to the report.
Reported by: news reports.