Johnson

Johnson was one of four men held in the county jail at Yreka, California, in August 1895. Around 2 a.m. on August 26, a mob of about 25 men broke into the jail, battered down the cell doors, and took the four men into the jail yard. The men were hanged from a beam placed between two trees. The source describes the men as held in the jail, and does not say whether the sheriff or jailers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed them over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 25 men broke into the Yreka county jail, took Johnson and three other men into the jail yard and hanged them.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Evening World, August 26, 1895, page 2 The Evening World, August 26, 1895