Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A passage from the Washington Post, reprinted in the Springfield Weekly Republican in November 1906, reports that members of the 4th Cavalry in Washington state took a man from a jail and hanged him. The reprinted passage gives no name for the man, no date and no town for the killing. The paper used the account to compare the army's response with the discharge of the Brownsville soldiers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Washington Post, as quoted in the Springfield Weekly Republican, says members of the 4th cavalry took a man from jail in the state of Washington and hanged him.
Reported by: Washington Post, as quoted in the Springfield Weekly Republican (reporters).