D. D. Yanlis

D. D. Yanlis, a 27-year-old man, was one of five men held by local officers at Lookout, Modoc County, California, awaiting examination and trial. According to the Evening Journal of June 1, 1901, a mob took the five men from the officers and hanged them from a bridge on May 31, 1901. The Monticellonian's June 7, 1901 editorial names none of the men and calls for the participants to be hanged legally.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Monticellonian editorial (reporters); Lookout, Modoc County, California press account of the mob hanging (reporters).

News reports (2)

• Evening Journal, June 1, 1901, page 1 Evening Journal, June 1, 1901
• The Monticellonian, June 7, 1901, page 2 The Monticellonian, June 7, 1901