Name not reported

In September 1885, five Chinese men held in a jail in Idaho were, according to a Lewiston dispatch, taken from the jail by citizens during the night and hanged from trees. The dispatch attributes the killings to a mob of citizens, and it names no one among the men. Their deaths were reported in The True Northerner on October 1, 1885.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Lewiston, Idaho dispatch reports that citizens took five Chinese men from a jail at 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