William Howard
William Howard was in the custody of Seattle police and was brought before a justice at Yesler Hall on the morning of January 18, 1882, where the justice remanded him back to the officers. A crowd then seized him and James Sullivan, and both men were hanged from two trees near Yesler's residence within about a minute. A coroner's jury found that Howard died by hanging but could not determine whose hands had done it, and no one was arrested in connection with the deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd seized William Howard from police custody after his arraignment and hanged him from a tree, and the coroner's jury found he died by hanging but could not determine whose hands did it.
Reported by: Seattle Chronicle coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).