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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 24, 1892 · California

Two brothers held in a California jail were taken out in the early morning of July 24, 1892, by an armed crowd whose members wore masks. The crowd hanged them near a railroad woodshed. The elder brother asked the crowd to show mercy to his younger brother before they were hanged.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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