Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 8, 1883 · Spokane County, Washington

A Chinese man was held in the jail at Cheney, in Washington Territory. On the night of January 8, 1883, about eighty citizens took him out of the jail. A newspaper report published the next day says the crowd hanged him from a tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: newspaper report.

Source

The Indianapolis Journal, January 9, 1883, page 2 The Indianapolis Journal, January 9, 1883

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