Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In September 1885, five Chinese men held in a jail in Idaho were taken out by a masked mob and hanged from trees. The masked group wore sacks with eyeholes and carried repeating rifles. The men's houses were burned. The men were killed by the mob after being taken from the jail.
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).