Died in jail or a lockup
William Kollidier
William Kollidier was taken from a jail in Minnesota in June 1886 by a large crowd of disguised men, according to a newspaper report. The men took him to a nearby grove and hanged him from a limb, and his body was riddled with bullets. The report says Sheriff Finney tried to stop the crowd but was overpowered. The account is from an OCR-scanned newspaper page, so some place names are uncertain.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a large crowd of disguised men took William from the jail, hanged him from a limb in a neighboring grove and riddled his body with bullets, while Sheriff Finney tried to stop them and was overpowered.
Reported by: news reports.