Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of five Chinese men held in an Idaho jail was taken out by citizens and killed in September 1885. A Lewiston, Idaho dispatch dated September 22, published in The Dillon Tribune on September 26, reports that the citizens hanged the five men from trees. The man's name is not given in the account.
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).