Died in custody
Name not reported
A man held by law officers in the San Benito Valley was taken from them and killed by a mob, according to a short item reprinted in the Perrysburg Journal in May 1872. The item gives him no name and no location beyond the valley. Based on that account, the officers' role in the mob's taking of him is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: reprinted news item.