Died in custody
Name not reported
Officers were transporting this man to the state prison when a mob took him from them and hanged him from a telephone pole on the morning of Sunday, May 6, 1917, in Arizona. The Arizona Copper Camp editorial that reported the killing called it the first lynching in Arizona in about a generation and defended it. The editorial was published on May 12, 1917.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper editorial says a mob took the man from officers transporting him to the state prison and hanged him from a telephone pole.
Reported by: The Arizona Copper Camp editorial (reporters).