James P. Casey
James T. Casey, a 20-year-old man, was taken from the San Francisco city jail in May 1856 by the Vigilance Committee, which held him in its rooms. According to an 1889 account in the Richmond Dispatch, the committee hanged him in public from its windows after the burial of James King, and in a dying speech he asked that his aged mother not be told he had committed murder. The article describes him as very popular, and says a large gathering of friends followed his remains to the Mission Dolores cemetery, where he is buried. The same account describes him as having prayed for God's forgiveness before his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Vigilance Committee took James T. Casey from the city jail and hanged him in public from its windows, according to the historical account.
Reported by: San Francisco Vigilance Committee; historical newspaper account.