Editing Yreka, California (section)

===Lynchings===
There have been two documented lynchings in Yreka. The first took place on August 26, 1895, when four men—William Null, Garland Stemler, Luis Moreno, and Lawrence Johnson—awaiting trial for various charges of murder and robbery,<ref name =CCJ >{{cite web | title = The corpse of Clyde Johnson. August 3, 1935. Yreka, California | publisher = Without Sanctuary lynching photos and history | url = http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/main.html | access-date = May 5, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326133205/http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/main.html | archive-date = March 26, 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> were simultaneously hanged by a lynch mob from a railroad tie suspended from two adjacent trees.<ref name="ClelandEast2007">{{cite book|author1=Karen Cleland|author2=Donald Y. East|title=Yreka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jky83npt0mQC&pg=PA7|access-date=August 6, 2013|date=May 1, 2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4735-0|pages=7–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | last =Kulczyk  | first =David  | title =Four Lynchings in One Day – Yreka, California – August 26, 1895    | date =October 15, 2012 | url =http://www.dkulczyk.com/2012/10/15/four-lynchings-in-one-day-yreka-california-august-26-1895/  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121026004531/http://www.dkulczyk.com/2012/10/15/four-lynchings-in-one-day-yreka-california-august-26-1895/  | url-status =usurped  | archive-date =October 26, 2012  | access-date = July 6, 2013 }}</ref>

The second lynching occurred on July 28, 1935. Clyde Johnson and Robert Miller Barr robbed a local business and its patrons in [[Castella, California]].<ref name="Kulczyk2007">{{cite book|author=David Kulczyk|title=California Justice: Shootouts, Lynchings and Assassinations in the Golden State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoEEAQAAIAAJ|access-date= July 16, 2013|date=August 1, 2007|publisher=Word Dancer Press|isbn=978-1-884995-54-5}}</ref> They then stole a car from a patron and drove north to [[Dunsmuir, California]], where they planned to abandon the car and make a getaway by train. Soon after they abandoned the car north of Dunsmuir, they were stopped by California Highway Patrolman George "Molly" Malone and Dunsmuir honorary Chief of Police, 38-year-old Frank R. "Jack" Daw. Johnson pulled out a [[Luger pistol]] and wounded both policemen. Malone recovered, but Daw died the next day.<ref name = "CPO">[http://camemorial.org/1901-1950/daw.php Chief Frank R. Daw Dunsmuir Police Department] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130717084652/http://camemorial.org/1901-1950/daw.php |date=July 17, 2013 }}, California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, accessed July 16, 2013</ref> Johnson was caught a few hours later by a dragnet and taken into custody. Barr, who was holding the $35 that they obtained from the robbery, panicked during the shootout and ran off into the woods, then escaped on a freight train. Daw was a beloved figure in Dunsmuir. His title of Chief of Police was given to him because of his cool head and experience as a World War I veteran. The night of Daw's funeral a dozen cars from Dunsmuir, carrying approximately 50 masked men, drove north to Yreka to lynch Johnson. On August 3, 1935, at 1:30&nbsp;a.m., the vigilante mob reached the Yreka jail and lightly knocked on the door. Deputy Marin Lange, the only guard on duty at the jail, opened the door slightly and was quickly overtaken. He was driven nine miles east of Yreka where he was released, barefoot. The mob searched the jail, found Johnson, drove him away in one of the cars and hanged him from a pine tree.<ref name = "Bee">[http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/583316 "California Mob Lynches Police Slayer"], ''Omaha Bee-News'', August 3, 1936, pp. 1–2.</ref><ref name="Allen2000">{{cite book|author=James Allen|title=Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5z8Ohz4lOEEC|year=2000|publisher=Twin Palms|isbn=978-0-944092-69-9}} See also [http://withoutsanctuary.org/pics_01_text.html information on a photo of the lynching of Clyde Johnson] on the book's website, ''Without Sanctuary''.<!-- unfortunately not possible to give a better link due to the site making incompetent use of iframes --></ref> Barr was arrested over a year later, on September 4, 1936, in Los Angeles on a burglary charge.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19360905&id=1fIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022,676467 "Nab suspect as slayer of police chief: Man long sought in Dunsmuir Crime in L.A. Jail"], ''Lodi News-Sentinel'', September 5, 1936, page 1, accessed July 16, 2013</ref> During his time on the run, he secured a part as an extra in the [[Nelson Eddy]]/[[Jeanette MacDonald]] film ''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose Marie]]'', scenes of which were filmed near [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is credited in the film under his real name.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19360916&id=rhZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4337,108789 "Hunted Bandit Busy in Movie"]. ''Spokesman-Review''. September 16, 1936. Associated Press. Spokane, Washington. p. 9.</ref>