John D. and Charles Ruggles Before the conclusion of a trial in Redding, California for allegedly robbing a stagecoach, killing one and wounding two others, a masked mob of forty men took the prisoners from their cells. Utilizing a crossbeam from a lumber pile and bracing it across two trees, the men were hung side by side. A photo was taken just before the bodies were cut down by the coroner.
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