Died in jail or a lockup
Vicente Chyas
Vicente Chyas was held in the jail at Susanville, California. On the night of January 26, 1886, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard, together with Holden Dick, according to a dispatch reported by The Daily Morning Astorian. The death was a lynching from custody, and the state had held him when the mob reached him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Morning Astorian, reporting a dispatch, says a mob took Vicente Chyas from the Susanville jail and hanged him in the court house yard.
Reported by: The Daily Morning Astorian, reporting a dispatch (reporters).