Died in custody
Elijah Post
Elijah Post was one of three men held by a constable at Willet's, in Mendocino County, California, when a mob took them from custody and hanged them, according to a dispatch from Ukiah printed in the Rock Island Argus on September 5, 1879. The dispatch places the hanging in early September 1879 and does not describe how the constable responded to the mob. Elijah Post is named in the dispatch as one of the three men who were killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Ukiah says a mob hanged Elijah Post after taking him from a constable who held him under arrest at Willet's.
Reported by: a dispatch from Ukiah (reporters).