Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On or about November 11, 1919, according to telephone reports carried by The Manning Times, a mob gathered at a county jail in Washington state and took a man from custody. Guards were unable to stop the crowd, and he was put into an automobile and driven away. Later accounts say he was taken toward a nearby wood, and the headline reports that the mob hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Telephone reports say a mob took the prisoner from the county jail and hanged him, after guards could not stop them.
Reported by: telephone reports.