Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An Evening Journal editorial of August 6, 1903 reported that a man was taken from a jail in Washington State by a mob and hanged on August 5, 1903. The editorial's account is the only source for the death, so his name, age and town are not known from it. He was described as white, and the editorial calls the killing the latest lynching in the state. No account of how the jail or its officers responded is given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Evening Journal editorial reports that a mob hanged a white man taken from a jail in Washington State on August 5, 1903.
Reported by: Evening Journal editorial (reporters).