Died in jail or a lockup
James Hall
James Hall was 19 and one of three sons of Calvin Hall. He was one of five men held by local officers in the Lookout lockup in Modoc County, California. On May 31, 1901, a mob took the five men from the officers and hanged them from a bridge, the Evening Journal reported. Papers named James and his brothers among the men who were killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monticellonian editorial says a mob took five men from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, California, and hanged them, and calls for the participants to be hanged legally.
Reported by: The Monticellonian editorial (reporters).