Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On Thursday night, January 8, 1891, a man was taken from a jail and killed by a mob, according to a New York Herald dispatch datelined Olympia, Washington. The dispatch describes the Okanogan people as agitated and the settlers as alarmed. It says the governor of Washington was asked for arms.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch datelined Olympia reports that a man was taken from a jail on Thursday night and lynched, with no name or account of how the mob got in.
Reported by: Olympia dispatch in the historical newspaper (reporters).