Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson was a Modoc war veteran and a resident of Warner Valley in Lake County, Oregon. He was held in the Lake County jail in Lakeview when a mob of about 150 valley people took him from the jail. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer reported that the mob dragged him toward the courthouse and killed him. A grand jury was investigating the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 150 people took Bill Thompson from the Lake County jail and dragged him toward the courthouse, and a grand jury is investigating the lynching.