Miguel Elias
Miguel Elias was one of five Mexican men held in the Bakersfield jail in California. According to a San Francisco correspondent's account, reprinted in The True Northerner on January 11, 1878, a crowd seized the five men in the early morning hours of January 5, 1878. The account says the crowd held a mock trial and hanged the men from trees behind the courthouse. It also says that after the crowd broke into the jail, a deputy sheriff pointed out the cells where the men were held.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco newspaper correspondent, reprinted in The True Northerner, says a crowd broke into the Bakersfield jail, held a mock trial and hanged him from a tree behind the courthouse, with the deputy sheriff showing them where the men were held.
Reported by: A correspondent of a San Francisco newspaper, as reprinted in The True Northerner (reporters).