Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 21, 1885 · Idaho

A Chinese man was one of five men held in an Idaho jail in September 1885. On the night of September 21, citizens took the five men from the jail and hanged them from trees. A newspaper dispatch published September 24, 1885 reported the killings.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

Press And Daily Dakotaian, September 24, 1885, page 1 Press And Daily Dakotaian, September 24, 1885

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