Died in custody
Name not reported
A man was one of five taken by a mob from officers at Lookout in Modoc County, California, and hanged, according to a 1901 editorial in The Monticellonian. The editorial's claim is that a mob seized him from the officers holding him and killed him by hanging. Whether the officers resisted or handed him over is not stated in the account. The editorial calls for those who took part to be hanged through the law instead.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monticellonian editorial says a mob took five men from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, and hanged them.
Reported by: The Monticellonian (reporters).