Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Daroche
Joseph Daroche was held at the jail in Bodie, according to a San Francisco press dispatch. In the early morning of January 17, 1881, a mob took him from the jail, carried him to a site outside town and hanged him, with about five hundred men watching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco press dispatch reports that Daroche was taken from the jail in Bodie and hanged outside town by a crowd of about five hundred men.
Reported by: San Francisco press dispatch (reporters).