Died in jail or a lockup
Browning Tuggle
Browning Tuggle, a 28-year-old Black man, was being held in the jail at Hope on the night of March 15, 1921. A mob battered down the jail door and took him from the jailer's custody. According to the Daily Picayune, the mob hanged him from the water tank tower and shot his body, and more than 2,000 people viewed it before it was cut down. The Nevada County Picayune reports that he maintained his innocence to the end.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.