Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Chinese man was one of five men held in a jail in Lewiston, Idaho, in September 1885. A Lewiston dispatch dated September 22, printed in The Dillon Tribune on September 26, says citizens took the five men out of the jail and hanged them from trees. The account of the killings is the only source given for what happened to him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Lewiston, Idaho dispatch says citizens took five Chinese men held in a jail and hanged them from trees.
Reported by: Lewiston, Idaho dispatch (reporters).