Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a San Francisco Call report dated April 18, 1896, this person was one of two people held in a sheriff's custody who were taken by a mob and killed. The paper reported that witnesses were travelling to Weaverville for a trial over the killings. The mob took both people from the sheriff, who held them in custody at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short newspaper passage says a mob took one of two people from the sheriff and killed them, in a story about witnesses travelling to Weaverville for a trial over the killings.
Reported by: newspaper passage about witnesses travelling to Weaverville for trial (reporters).