Firman Eldia
Firman Eldia was a Latino man held in the Bakersfield jail in Kern County, California. In the early morning hours of January 5, 1878, a mob broke into the jail, took him and four other Mexican men from their cells, and hanged them from trees behind the courthouse. According to a San Francisco newspaper correspondent, as reprinted in The True Northerner, the crowd held a mock trial before the hangings. The deputy sheriff pointed out the cells where the men were held after the crowd had broken in.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco correspondent, as reprinted in The True Northerner, says a crowd seized Firman Eldia from the Bakersfield jail and hanged him from a tree behind the courthouse.
Reported by: A correspondent of the San Francisco newspaper, as reprinted in The True Northerner (reporters).