Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Chinese man held in a jail in Idaho was taken out by a crowd of citizens and hanged from a tree in September 1885, according to a dispatch printed in The San Antonio Light. The crowd took him from the jail where he was being held and killed him. The account is the only source for his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.