Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man was held in the jail at Cheney, Washington Territory, in September 1884. According to a special dispatch printed in the Oregonian, a body of masked men took him from his cell and lynched him. The report says local Indians declared he was innocent, that they were putting on war paint, and that trouble was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Oregonian reported, via a dispatch from Cheney, Washington Territory, that masked men took a man from the local jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Oregonian (special dispatch from Cheney, Washington Territory) (reporters).