Lynching
ID: CA1935080301
Name(s) of People Lynched: Clyde Johnson
Number of People Lynched: 1
Race: White
Gender: Male
Lynching Date(s): 1935-08-03
Year Marker Erected: 1991
Erected by: E Clampus Vitus, Humbug Chapter 73
City: Yreka
County: Siskiyouk
State: California
Marker Text: Near this spot at 3:00 a.m. August 3, 1935 Clyde Johnson, native of Alabama, was lynched by a yet unknown group of masked men for the murder of Dunsmuir police chief Frank E. (Jack) Daw after robbing Padula’s bar in Castella, Shasta Co. of $35.00. This monument dedicated August 3, 1991 by Humbug Chapter 73, E Clampus Vitus
Sources: https://www.hmdb.org
Notes: The marker was reported missing, but it was later found and placed on the back of the Moonlit Oaks Dance Pavilion base.