Died in custody
Name not reported
Two men were in the custody of a guard at Compo, California, in December 1875. According to a San Francisco dispatch from San Diego printed in the Rutland Daily Globe on December 9, citizens took the two men from the guard and hanged them on December 8. The dispatch gives no names for either man.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Diego dispatch reported by San Francisco news says citizens took two Mexican men from the guard and hanged them.
Reported by: San Francisco news dispatch from San Diego (reporters).