Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An Asian man whose name was not recorded was held in an Idaho jail in September 1885, together with four other men. On the night of September 21, 1885, citizens took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. He was killed by a mob that came for him from the jail where the state had held him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.