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1935 Yreka, California lynching... Clyde Johnson...
1935 Yreka, California lynching... Clyde Johnson...
Item # 719308
August 04, 1935
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 4, 1935
* Yreka, California lynching
* Sheriff Frank R. (Jack) Daw murder
* Clyde L. Johnson hanging
* Masked men lynch mob
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BANDIT IS LYNCHED BY CALIFORNIA MOB" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
AI notes: Clyde Johnson was a 24-year-old man from Alabama who became the victim of a brutal extrajudicial lynching in Yreka, California, on August 3, 1935. He had been accused of killing Shasta County Police Chief Frank R. Daw during a robbery at Padula’s Bar in Castella, but he never received a trial. A masked mob forcibly removed Johnson from jail and hanged him from a tree near Yreka, carrying out an act of vigilante violence that reflected broader patterns of racial and social injustice in California during the early 20th century. Though California is often thought of as less affected by lynching than the South, historians have documented hundreds of lynchings in the state, predominantly targeting Latinos, Native Americans, and African Americans. Johnson’s death stands as a grim symbol of the lawlessness and racialized fear that allowed mobs to bypass legal due process, and in 1991 a commemorative plaque was placed near the site of his lynching to acknowledge this dark chapter in California history.
Category: The 20th Century
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