Died in jail or a lockup
Bricksmith
Bricksmith was held in the Centralia jail in Centralia, Washington, when a crowd stormed the building on November 11, 1919, the day of the Armistice Day parade shooting. According to a 1919 report reprinted in the Wrangell Sentinel, the crowd took him from the jail and hanged him. The Wrangell Sentinel, citing news reports, described him as a member of the I.W.W. from Seattle.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1934 Wrangell Sentinel report, reprinting 1919 news accounts, says a crowd stormed the Centralia jail after the Armistice Day parade shooting, took Bricksmith and hanged him.
Reported by: The Wrangell Sentinel, reprinting 1919 news reports (reporters).