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Four lynchings in one day, Yreka, 18952025 Nov 13web.archive.org
Late at night on August 26, 1895, the "tax paying citizens" of Yreka, California grew upset at the presence of four murderers (from three separate incidents) in their county jail and took matters into their own hands, smashing open the jail cells sledgehammer and executing the men, vigilante style – hanging them from a railroad tie suspended between two locust trees.
Late at night on August 26, 1895, the "tax paying citizens" of Yreka, California grew upset at the presence of four murderers (from three separate incidents) in their county jail and took matters into their own hands, smashing open the jail cells sledgehammer and executing the men, vigilante style – hanging them from a railroad tie suspended between two locust trees.