California, John Holmes

The Last Lynching To Occur In California

Hamilton Historical Records

John Holmes and Thomas Thurmond we’re accused of kidnapping and killing the son of the Hart Department Store President. A mob took the two men and lynched then in Saint James Park. This was the last vigilante justice style lynching to ever occur in the state of California.

Currently, a historical marker indicates the site of the last lynching in California.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a historian and legal expert from Virginia who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower, founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, and President Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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