Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the Mojave jail in California was taken from his cell during the night in March 1904 by a crowd that gathered at the building. The jail was left unguarded, so no one stood between the crowd and the man in custody. Newspaper accounts reported that the crowd meant only to tar and feather him, and that a struggle followed in which he was shot and clubbed to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took him from the unguarded Mojave jail at night and killed him, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.