Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in a small local jail in a California town in March 1904. According to The Sun, a band of cowboys broke into the jail, took him from his cell, tarred and feathered him, and shot him in the head, and he died. The paper reported that officials had planned to move him to another town and that the jail was flimsy enough for a crowd to overpower easily.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of cowboys broke into the jail, took him out, tarred and feathered him and shot him in the head.
Reported by: news reports.