Wesley Everest
Wesley Everest was a World War I veteran and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was held in the Centralia city jail after a shootout during the Armistice Day parade on November 11, 1919. That night, a mob that had been drinking at the Elks Club broke into the jail after the power was cut, took him from his cell, drove him to the Chehalis River bridge and hanged him. Witnesses said about 20 shots were fired at his body, and the coroner's report the next day said no evidence of castration could be found, despite other witnesses' claims that he had been castrated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Witnesses said a mob broke into the Centralia city jail, took Wesley Everest from his cell and hanged him from the Chehalis River bridge, and other witnesses claimed he had been castrated, though the coroner found no such scars the next day.
Reported by: witnesses.