James McCreery

James McCreery was held in the jail at Visalia, California. According to a report in The Albany Register, an excited crowd first took him from officers, then a vigilance committee overpowered the sheriff and deputies and took the jail keys. On December 24, 1872, the committee removed McCreery from the jail and hanged him from a bridge. The paper reported that his body was still hanging the next day.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took McCreery from the Visalia jail after the sheriff and deputies were overpowered and the keys were taken, and hanged him from a bridge.

Reported by: Visalia Vigilance Committee.

Source

• The Albany Register, January 3, 1873, page 3 The Albany Register, January 3, 1873