Lynching of Olli Kinkkonen (original) (raw)

Olli (Olof) Kiukkonen Kinkkonen (June 10, 1880 – September 18, 1918) was a Finnish-American dockworker and logger. He was lynched in Duluth, Minnesota on September 18, 1918, for renouncing his American citizenship because he wanted to avoid fighting in World War I.