Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 6 people whose names were not reported

died September 22, 1885 · Clearwater County, Idaho

Five Chinese men were held in the jail at Lewiston, Idaho, in September 1885. According to a news dispatch datelined Lewiston, a group of citizens took them from the jail one night and hanged them from trees nearby. The men were killed by the mob after being taken from the custody of the jail.

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

News report