David Brown

David Brown was held in the jail in Los Angeles, California, when a crowd broke into the building, took him out and hanged him from a rope over the gateway opposite the Court House. An 1855 New-York Daily Tribune report describes the killing and says the mayor resigned to lead the mob, and that both Los Angeles newspapers approved of the lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd broke open the Los Angeles jail, took David Brown out and hanged him from a rope over the gateway opposite the Court House.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• New-York Daily Tribune, February 15, 1855, page 4 New-York Daily Tribune, February 15, 1855