Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Colfax, Washington Territory, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed in August 1884, according to a short item in The Milan Exchange published August 23, 1884. The scanned text garbles his name, so he is recorded here without one. The item does not say how the mob got into the jail, or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched