Died in jail or a lockup

Vicante Glivas

Lassen County Adult Detention Facility, Lassen County, California

Vicante Glivas was held at the jail at Susanville, California, when a mob took him from the jail. The mob hanged him from the beams of the courthouse woodshed, according to the account published in the People And Patriot.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

People And Patriot, February 4, 1886, page 3 People And Patriot, February 4, 1886

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