Died in jail or a lockup
Hong-Di
Hong-Di was held in the jail at Colusa, California. According to a wire dispatch published in the San Antonio Daily Light, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him on the morning of July 11, 1887. The dispatch does not say how the mob reached him or how jail staff responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: wire dispatch.