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Died in jail or a lockup

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died April 15, 1893 · San Bernardino

A man held in the jail at San Bernardino was taken from his cell in the early hours of April 15, 1893, by a crowd of citizens, according to a newspaper report published the next day. The crowd lynched him. He was killed after being seized from the jail where the state had held him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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