Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in a jail was one of three people taken out by a mob and hanged, according to a brief dispatch datelined Bismarck, North Dakota, November 24, 1897. The widow of one of the men later sued the county for damages. The record gives this person's name, age and identity as unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.
Lawsuit: The widow of one of the men hanged by a mob after being taken from a North Dakota jail in 1897 later sued the county for damages, with no amount reported.