Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An American Indian man, whose name is not recorded, was held in the jail at Olympia, Washington, in 1891 and was described in a local paper as one of the Indians implicated in the murder of a freighter named Coles. A mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The paper's account is the only source given for these events, and it does not say how the mob got past the jail or whether the jailer resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.