Died in custody
Name not reported
A man whose name is garbled in the surviving newspaper text was hanged by a mob on September 3, 1879, near Ukiah, California, according to a dispatch printed in the Leavenworth Weekly Times. He was being held by a constable, together with two other men, when the mob seized them. According to the dispatch, the mob took the three men from the constable and hanged them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.