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

Name not reported

California

Three men held in a California jail were taken from it by a mob and hanged from a tree limb near a town in the state, according to a report in the Ogden Standard-Examiner dated December 14, 1920. A photograph of the three bodies was sent to Frank Trancl, mayor of Ogden, Utah.

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

Reported by: Ogden Standard-Examiner (reporters).

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