Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A dispatch datelined Olympia, Washington, published January 12, 1891, reports that a mob took an American Indian man from a jail on Thursday night, January 8, and lynched him. The dispatch gives no name for him. It was one of several Indians held in the jail at the time. The jail's location and whether its staff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.