Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
Two American Indian men held in the Brainard jail in Minnesota were taken from the jail by a mob of about 400 people and hanged from a tree on the town's main business street. The mob said it was acting to avenge the death of Miss McArthur, a woman who died near the town. The men were held at the jail when the mob took them, and they were killed on July 30, 1872.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.