Jimmy Delany

Jimmy Delany had given himself up to a constable, who was taking him to Quincy when, according to the Eureka Daily Sentinel, a mob seized him from the officer during the night. The Silver State reported that twenty armed men took him from the constable's custody and hanged him. The Eureka Daily Sentinel reported that he was found hanged near the mouth of Jamieson Creek the following day. The two accounts differ on how he was taken and where he was found.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of twenty armed men took Jimmy Delany from a constable's custody and hanged him, according to a brief report; the constable's resistance is not described.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• Eureka Daily Sentinel, June 13, 1885, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, June 13, 1885
• The Silver State, June 16, 1885, page 3 The Silver State, June 16, 1885