Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman was held in the county jail in Hamilton in January 1912. According to a dispatch from Hamilton, published by the Yakima Herald, a mob of about 100 men took her and three other Black people from the jail and hanged them. The dispatch said the bodies were riddled with bullets. The account gives January 22, 1912, as the date of her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Yakima Herald, citing a dispatch from Hamilton, reports that a mob of about 100 men took her from the county jail and shot and hanged her.
Reported by: The Yakima Herald, citing a dispatch from Hamilton (reporters).