Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five men of Chinese descent were held in a jail in September 1885. According to a dispatch dated September 23, 1885, citizens took them from the jail on the night of September 21 and hanged them from trees.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch dated September 23, 1885 reports that citizens took five Chinese men from a jail and hanged them to trees.
Reported by: news reports.