Ham McCracken
McCracken was one of three men held by a constable at Willette in Mendocino County, California, when a mob took them from custody and hanged them on September 3, 1879, according to a dispatch from Ukiah carried by the Rock Island Argus and the New Orleans Daily Democrat. The dispatch names him only as Ham McCracken and does not say whether the constable resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over. One account gives the place as Willet's. The dispatch also reports rumors of recent thefts in the area, which it attributes to no evidence against these men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco dispatch and a Ukiah dispatch report that a mob took McCracken and two other men from a constable at Willette, in Mendocino County, and hanged them.
Reported by: news dispatch; a dispatch from Ukiah (reporters).