Died in jail or a lockup
California Jee
California Jee was held in the jail at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in January 1881. According to a dispatch from Albuquerque reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer on February 2, 1881, a band of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from the building. Whether the jailers resisted or gave up the keys is part of the account that is still unclear.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer says a band of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (reporters).