Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In September 1896, two men held in a Minnesota jail were taken from it by a masked posse, according to the Clarksburg Telegram. The mob hanged them from a high bridge. The men had been in the custody of the jail when the mob took them and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper item (1896) (reporters).