Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed man was held in the Jackson jail on August 8, 1855, when a crowd gathered outside. According to a Sacramento Union correspondent writing from Jackson, a mob took him from the jail in the evening and hanged him from a tree on Main Street. The correspondent's account, reprinted in the Ladies' Enterprise, describes his death as the act of a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Sacramento Union correspondent writing from Jackson says a crowd took the man from the Jackson jail and hanged him from a tree on Main Street.
Reported by: Sacramento Union correspondent writing from Jackson (reporters).