Died in custody
Name not reported
Five men were taken by a mob from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, California, and hanged, according to a June 1901 editorial in The Monticellonian. The editorial names none of the men. It calls for the participants to be hanged legally.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monticellonian editorial describes a mob taking five men from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, and hanging them.
Reported by: The Monticellonian (reporters).