Died in custody
Name not reported
Three men held by a constable in Mendocino County were taken from him by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in the Alexandria Gazette published on September 5, 1879. The report gives no names for the men. The death is dated to September 3, 1879.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.