Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An American Indian man held in the Okanogan County jail in Washington was taken from the jail by a crowd and killed, according to a dispatch from the county commissioners to Governor Laughton. The commissioners' dispatch said officials feared the killing would stir unrest among local Indigenous people. The governor responded by sending arms to settlers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The county commissioners of Okanogan County told Governor Laughton in a dispatch that a crowd took a man from the county jail and lynched him.
Reported by: county commissioners of Okanogan County.