Victor Adams

Victor Adams was under arrest and held by officers when, according to a dispatch to the San Francisco Call reprinted in August 1895, a mob took him from their custody and lynched him. The short item gives no place or date for the killing. It also gives no account of how the officers responded to the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco Call dispatch, reprinted in the Mineral Point Tribune, says a mob took Victor Adams from officers right after his arrest and lynched him.

Reported by: San Francisco Call dispatch, reprinted in the Mineral Point Tribune (reporters).

Sources (2)

• Mineral Point Tribune, August 8, 1895, page 2 Mineral Point Tribune, August 8, 1895
• Wood County Reporter, August 8, 1895, page 6 Wood County Reporter, August 8, 1895