Frank Hall
Frank Hall, 26, was one of Calvin Hall's three sons. Accounts of the night of May 31, 1901 say he and four other men were being held under guard at the Lookout hotel in Modoc County, California, awaiting examination, when a mob of thirty to fifty men broke in, took them from the guards and hanged them under a small bridge. The Indianapolis Journal reported that the guards were held at gunpoint, and a later dispatch said the officers were overpowered. Some reports say Frank resisted the mob, while others do not say whether the officers resisted, and the sources give different accounts of where the men were hanged and whether the guards helped.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 30 to 50 men broke into the Lookout hotel, where the guards were overpowered and the prisoners taken, and hanged Frank Hall from a bridge, according to a newspaper dispatch from Bieber, California.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Bieber, Cal. (reporters); Susanville dispatch (reporters); The Monticellonian editorial (reporters).
Sources (12)
- Evening Journal, June 1, 1901, page 1
- The Indianapolis Journal, June 1, 1901, page 1
- Phillipsburg Herald, June 4, 1901, page 1
- Barbour County Index, June 5, 1901, page 1
- The News-Herald, June 6, 1901, page 2
- The Pioneer Press, June 6, 1901, page 7
- Griggs Courier, June 6, 1901, page 2
- The Monticellonian, June 7, 1901, page 2
- The Kinsley Graphic, June 7, 1901, page 6
- Barton County Democrat, June 7, 1901, page 3
- Baxter Springs News, June 8, 1901, page 6
- Grand Rapids Herald-Review, June 8, 1901, page 2