Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Native man held in the Okanogan County jail in Washington was taken from the jail by a mob on Thursday night, January 15, 1891, and lynched, according to a telegram from the county commissioners to Acting Governor Laughton. The commissioners' telegram warned of rising Indian tensions and asked for five hundred stands of arms; the Governor sent two hundred. A general later called the lynching very injudicious given the situation.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Okanogan County commissioners telegraphed the Governor that a mob took the man from the county jail and lynched him.
Reported by: County Commissioners of Okanogan County.