Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

San Francisco County, California

The Seattle Star reported in August 1921 that a mob had taken members of a San Francisco group from a jail and lynched them shortly after their arrest. The item, which refers to the case only in passing, names no one and gives no date for the killings. It does not say how the jail was breached or how officers responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Seattle Star (reporters).

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