Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed man was one of five men taken by a mob from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, California, and hanged, according to a June 1901 editorial in The Monticellonian. The editorial does not say whether the officers resisted, gave up the men, or were overpowered. The paper called for those who took part to be hanged through legal process.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monticellonian editorial says a mob hanged the men after taking them from officers at Lookout, Modoc County, California.
Reported by: The Monticellonian (reporters).