Died in jail or a lockup
Torres
Torres was held in the jail at Santa Ana, California, in August 1892. According to a brief item in the Tombstone Epitaph, a mob took Torres from the jail and hanged them at that place on Saturday night, August 27. The account names the jail as the place of custody and the hanging as the cause of death, and it gives no further detail about the people Torres was held with or about the victim's life.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tombstone Epitaph reported that Torres was taken from the Santa Ana, California jail and hanged there.
Reported by: Tombstone Epitaph (reporters).