Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An American Indian man was held in the jail in Okanogan County, Washington. On the night of Thursday, January 8, 1891, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him, according to a dispatch from Olympia printed in the Pawtucket Tribune on January 12, 1891. The dispatch describes his death as a lynching by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Olympia says a mob took him from the Okanogan County jail on a Thursday night and lynched him.
Reported by: Olympia dispatch in the newspaper (reporters).