Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Vincent Olivas

died January 26, 1886 · Lassen County, California

Vincent Olivas, a Hispanic man, was held in the jail in Susanville, California, in January 1886. A mob took him from the jail, hanged him from beams in the woodshed of the courthouse, and killed him the same night as Holden Dick. The account calls the hanging summary, and no one has been named as responsible for it.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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