Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

California

Three men, whose names the Ogden Standard-Examiner did not give in its December 14, 1920 report, were held in a California jail when a mob took them out and hanged them from a tree limb near a town in the state. The men were in the custody of the jail, and the mob took them from it. A photograph of the three bodies was sent to the mayor of Ogden, Utah.

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

Reported by: Ogden Standard-Examiner (reporters).

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