Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man was held in the jail at Fort Mason when a mob broke in and took him and several other men from it. The mob put the men on horses and drove them about a mile and a half to a large tree, where they were hanged. By the time the rope party left, five of the men were dead. This account is a recollection written decades after the events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the jail at Fort Mason, took the men held there and hanged them from a tree about a mile and a half away, according to a recollection given decades later.
Reported by: recollection of a witness decades later.