John Daley

John Daley was one of four men taken from the Aurora jail in Nevada Territory by a Vigilance Committee and killed in early 1864. The Weekly Union Record reported that strict order was kept during the killings and that the military supported the committee. The men had been held at the jail when the committee took them from it. The paper's account is the only source for how the killing was carried out.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper reports that a Vigilance Committee took John Daley from the Aurora jail and killed him, and that the military supported the committee.

Reported by: the Aurora, Nevada Territory newspaper (reporters).

News report

• The Weekly Union Record, February 13, 1864, page 2 The Weekly Union Record, February 13, 1864