Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
An American Indian man was held in the jail at Monterey when, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report reprinted in the New York Herald, a crowd took him out and hanged him. The report says he was one of four people taken from the jail and hanged in this way. His name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: San Francisco Chronicle, as reprinted in the New York Herald (reporters).