Died in custody
Gibson
Gibson was one of three men taken from a constable by a mob at Willette in Mendocino County, California, according to a San Francisco dispatch printed in the New Orleans Daily Democrat on September 5, 1879. The dispatch names the three men only by their surnames and reports that they were hanged on September 3, 1879. The account says the men were taken from the constable's custody and killed by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco news dispatch reports that a mob took Gibson from a constable at Willette in Mendocino County and hanged him.
Reported by: San Francisco news dispatch (reporters).