Vincente Ruiz
Vincente Ruiz was one of five Mexican men held in the Bakersfield jail in California, according to a San Francisco newspaper correspondent whose account was reprinted in The True Northerner. The correspondent reports that in the early morning hours of January 5, 1878, a crowd seized the five men from the jail. The account says the crowd held a mock trial and hanged the five men from trees behind the courthouse. It also says that after the crowd broke in, the deputy sheriff pointed out the cells where the men were held.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco newspaper correspondent, reprinted in The True Northerner, reported that a crowd seized Vincente Ruiz from the Bakersfield jail and hanged him after a mock trial, with a deputy sheriff pointing out the cells.
Reported by: A correspondent of the San Francisco newspaper, as reprinted in The True Northerner (reporters).