Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the jail in Monterey was taken from it by a crowd and hanged, one of four people killed that way, according to a San Francisco account reprinted in 1856. He was Native American. The account gives no name for him and no date for the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: San Francisco newspaper account (reprinted) (reporters).