Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, one of three men reported killed in the same episode, was taken from the jail at Wickliffe and hanged by a mob, according to a brief Wausau Pilot item published on September 24, 1901. He was held at the Wickliffe jail when the mob took him from custody and killed him. The newspaper account reports the hanging as the means of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.