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Five Asian men were held in an Idaho jail in September 1885. According to a Lewiston dispatch printed in The True Northerner, a mob came for them during the night, took them from the jail, and hanged them from trees. They died while in the custody of that jail, killed by citizens who took them from it.

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

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

Source

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