George Hoyt

George Hoyt was held in the Sonoma County jail in Santa Rosa, California, when a mob of about one hundred masked men cut the telephone wires, overpowered the officers and took the keys. The men broke into the jail early on December 10, 1920, and removed him and two others from their cells. They were hanged from an oak tree in the cemetery outside the city limits.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred masked men cut the telephone wires, overpowered the officers at the Sonoma County jail, took the keys and removed George Hoyt from the jail, and hanged him from an oak tree in the cemetery outside Santa Rosa.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Evening World, December 10, 1920, page 1 The Evening World, December 10, 1920