Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a June 1901 editorial in The Monticellonian, a man held by officers at Lookout, in Modoc County, California, was taken from them by a mob and hanged. The editorial counted his killing as the second of five men a mob took from officers at Lookout and hanged. The paper called for those who took part to be hanged according to law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Monticellonian (reporters).