Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a dispatch from Hamilton printed in The Yakima Herald on January 24, 1912, a Black man held in the county jail at Hamilton was taken from the jail by a mob of about 100 men on January 22, 1912. The mob hanged him along with three others, two men and a woman, all Black. The dispatch said the bodies were riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Hamilton, reported by the Yakima Herald, says a mob of about 100 men took him from the county jail and shot and hanged him.
Reported by: The Yakima Herald, citing a dispatch from Hamilton (reporters).