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Photographs personal residences of lawyers and judges in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic Federal Courthouses in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota - Part One.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Two.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Three.
Photographs of the St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse. (1932).

























































































Viewing "Murder Most Foul!" -- The Lynching of John W. Kelliher (1886).


"Murder Most Foul!" -- The Lynching of John W. Kelliher (1886).

John W. Kelliher was taken from his jail cell in Detroit, Minnesota, and lynched on the night of June 23, 1886, by a mob outraged by his murder of John Convay, the village marshall. A long, eye-witness account of the events was published in the "Detroit Record" on June 25. The lynching was also the subject of editorials in Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers.

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