Red Wood
Red Wood was held in the wooden jail at Hazen, Nevada. According to a state historical marker, a mob took them from the jail and hanged them on February 28, 1905. A Walker Lake Bulletin report published on March 3, 1905 says the mob hanged them to a telephone pile a few nights before. Neither account says how the mob got in, or whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nevada State Historic Preservation Office marker says a mob took Red Wood from the Hazen jail and hanged him in February 1905, and a March 1905 report says a mob hanged a man known as Red Wood from a telephone pile after taking him from the jail.
Reported by: Nevada State Historic Preservation Office; news reports.