Died in jail or a lockup
Albert Schaffer
According to the Reporter and Farmer, Albert Schaffer was in the custody of Sheriff Cochrane at Gilman, Washington Territory. The paper reports that a sheriff's escort left him and another man in the Knights of Labor hall while the sheriff went to dinner. An armed group of miners broke into the hall, took Albert out, and hanged him from a tree nearby. The account says he died within ten minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Reporter and Farmer account says an armed group of miners broke into the Knights of Labor hall at Gilman, Washington Territory, while the sheriff's escort was away, and hanged Albert Schaffer from a tree.
Reported by: Reporter and Farmer (reporters).