Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Chinese man held in the Cheney jail in Washington Territory was taken from the jail by a mob of about 80 men on Sunday night, January 7, 1883, and lynched, according to The Daily Gazette. It also does not say whether the jailers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.