Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed Thompson, whose first name is garbled on the scanned page, was taken from the jail in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on the morning of August 22, 1894, and killed by a mob. The record reports that he was taken from the jail and lynched, and it does not say whether the jailers resisted or handed him over. Nothing else about him is recorded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report (OCR text) (reporters).