Joseph “Hooch” Simpson holds the distinction of being the last person lynched in California.
On April 19th, 1908 in Skidoo, California, Hooch ambushed and gunned down a respected citizen named Jim Arnold, proprietor of the Skidoo Trading Company in broad daylight and robbing him of twenty dollars.
Hooch has been described in various stories as a hard luck miner, a penniless bum, a scoundrel, an
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