Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Turner County Herald reported in September 1884 that a man described as an American Indian, held in the jail at Cheney in Washington Territory, was taken from custody and lynched by a mob. The man's name is not known from this account. Others were reported to have declared him innocent, and further trouble was feared at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.