Died in custody
Name not reported
A man was one of five men a mob took from officers at Lookout, in Modoc County, California, and hanged, according to an editorial in The Monticellonian published on June 7, 1901. The editorial names none of the men. The paper called for those who took part to be hanged through the courts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Monticellonian (reporters).