Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 14, 1895 · Washington

A man held in the jail in Washington state was taken from the jail by a mob on August 14, 1895, and hanged, according to a news dispatch in The Morning News. The dispatch says the mob hanged him beside his son, Charles Vincent, who had been hanged from the same jail within an hour before. The sheriff tried to stop the mob but was overpowered, the report says. The father's name is not given in the source.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Morning News (reporters).

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