Chadwick Marshall
A mob took Chadwick Marshall from the Colfax jail in Colfax, Washington, in the early morning of January 8, 1898, and hanged him against the courthouse wall. The Record-Union reported that the men struck him on the head with an iron bar, and that he protested his innocence as he was seized. The jailer, H. R. Treff, was held at gunpoint and made to hand over the jail keys, and the officers made no preparation to resist the mob. Marshall was in the custody of the Colfax jail when he was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Chadwick Marshall from the Colfax jail, struck him with an iron bar and hanged him at the courthouse, and the jailer was held at gunpoint and made to surrender the keys.
Reported by: news reports.