Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On September 19, 1885, a dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho, reported that five Chinese men were taken from a jail by masked citizens and hanged from trees. The masked group, armed with repeating rifles, also burned the men's houses.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho reports that masked citizens took five Chinese men from a jail and hanged them from trees.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho (reporters).