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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

A mob took this man from a jail and hanged him near a railroad bridge one morning, one of five men killed in the same way, according to a 1910 Tacoma Times profile of a candidate for Congress. That account gives his name as Pan Yantis. The jail held him, and the mob took him from it and killed him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1910 newspaper profile of a congressional candidate says a mob took him from a jail and hanged him near a railroad bridge.

Reported by: 1910 newspaper profile of a congressional candidate (reporters).

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