Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Los Angeles jail in California was taken from it and hanged in the week before December 21, 1870, according to a one-line item in the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle. His name is illegible in the surviving text and is not given here. The item describes the killing as a hanging, and it names no one who was involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper item reports that he was taken from the Los Angeles jail and hanged, but does not say who took him or whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: the Los Angeles newspaper item (reporters).