Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took a Black person from the jail at Mojave, California, where they were being held, and shot and clubbed them to death. The death was reported in a short item in March 1904. Because the person was in custody when the mob took them, this death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news note says a mob took the person from the Mojave, California jail and shot and clubbed them to death.
Reported by: brief news note.