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According to a Lewiston, Idaho dispatch printed in The True Northerner, five Chinese men held in a local jail were taken out during the night by citizens and hanged from trees. The killings took place in September 1885, and the men were taken from the jail by the crowd. The dispatch reports the mob's actions as the account of how the men died.

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