Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man of Chinese origin was held in a California jail on July 10, 1887, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a brief report in the Perrysburg Journal. The newspaper printed the account on July 15, 1887, and it attributes the hanging to the mob. The man is identified in the report only as a man of Chinese origin held in the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Perrysburg Journal (reporters).