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Harrison Morgan

Tuolumne County, California

Harrison Morgan was held in the custody of the authorities in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California. According to The Weekly Butte Record, a mob took him from them and hanged him a few days before the paper reported it on December 11, 1858.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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