Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Native man was held in the San Diego county jail in California while he awaited action by a grand jury. According to a correspondent writing from San Diego to the Weekly Arizona Miner in 1873, a mob took him from the jail on the night before he was due to be moved and killed him within a few rods of the building. The correspondent described the killing as a local act of 'Judge Lynch'.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Arizona Miner correspondent writing from San Diego says a mob took him from the county jail and killed him near the building.
Reported by: Arizona Miner correspondent writing from San Diego (reporters).