Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a San Francisco Call report published September 7, 1895, one of two brothers surnamed Ruggles was taken from a jail by a group of citizens and lynched. The report, which covers a state ruling on the reward for their capture, gives no first names and no date for the killing. It says the jail released the brothers to the crowd, but the same article does not say whether the jail's officers resisted, gave up keys, or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Sacramento report on a state ruling about the reward for the brothers' capture (reporters).