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Five Chinese men were held in a jail in Idaho in September 1885. A Lewiston dispatch printed in The True Northerner reports that citizens took the five men from the jail during the night and hanged them from trees. The men were killed by a mob that took them from the jail's custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Citizens took five Chinese men from a jail in Idaho during the night and hanged them from trees, according to a Lewiston dispatch.

Reported by: Lewiston (Idaho) dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The True Northerner, October 1, 1885, page 2 The True Northerner, October 1, 1885