Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Democratic Advocate, reprinting a news report, a mob broke into a California jail on Friday night, December 28, 1877, and took people held there from their cells. The paper describes what followed as a "lynch trial" before the hanging. The people were hanged in the jail yard, and the account gives no names for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Democratic Advocate, reprinting a news report, says a mob took prisoners from a California jail and hanged them in the jail yard.
Reported by: The Democratic Advocate, reprinting a news report (reporters).