Elijah Frost

Frost was one of three men held by a constable at Willette in Mendocino County, California, when a mob took them from the constable and hanged them on September 3, 1879. A San Francisco dispatch names the three men only by their surnames, and a separate report datelined Ukiah gives Elijah Frost's full name. Accounts of how the constable responded to the mob differ, and the surviving dispatches do not say.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco news dispatch reports that a mob took Frost and two other men from a constable at Willette, Mendocino County, and hanged them.

Reported by: San Francisco news dispatch (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The New Orleans Daily Democrat, September 5, 1879, page 1 The New Orleans Daily Democrat, September 5, 1879
• The Leavenworth Weekly Times, September 11, 1879, page 5 The Leavenworth Weekly Times, September 11, 1879