Died in jail or a lockup
Britt Smith
Britt Smith was secretary of the local Industrial Workers of the World in Centralia, Washington. He was being held in the city jail there on the night of November 11, 1919. According to a November 1919 newspaper report, a mob took him from the jail that night and lynched him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Britt Smith from the Centralia, Washington jail on the night of Armistice Day and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.