Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Lake City jail was one of six men taken from the jail by a mob, according to The San Francisco Call. The mob obtained the prisoners by posing as officials with a telegram, and the sheriff's son handed the men over. The mob took them outside the town and shot them. Residents of Lake City heard distant gunfire and later found the bodies, after the mob had gone.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call reported that a mob obtained six men from the Lake City jail by posing as officials with a telegram, and the sheriff's son handed them over before the men were shot outside town.
Reported by: The San Francisco Call (reporters).