Died in custody
J. W. Smith
J. W. Smith was in the custody of officers when, on Saturday night, October 1, 1892, about fifteen men took him from the officers at the Dunsmuir train stop near Castella, California. According to The Durham Daily Globe, published October 3, 1892, the men hanged him from a tree. The paper's account is the only source given for these details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1892 newspaper page reports that about fifteen men took Smith from officers at the Dunsmuir train stop and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news reports.