IT WAS “THE LAST LYNCHING IN CALIFORNIA”

A Lynching You’ve Never Heard Of | National Vanguard

On this day in 1933, a mob of people in San Jose, California, stormed
the jail where Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes are being held
as suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart, the 22-
year-old son of a local storeowner. The mob of angry citizens
proceeded to lynch the accused men and then pose them for
pictures.         

In 1933, Brooke Hart was kidnapped and murdered by Thomas Thurmond and John M. Holmes who were eventually hanged by a lynch mob in San Jose.
Brooke Hart


        
        

Leonard L. Daloe poses with the body of Brooke Hart who was kidnapped and murdered in 1933 by two men who were hanged by a lynch mob.
The dead body of Brooke Hart.


        
        
 

Sheriff William Emig (left), suspect Thomas Thurmond, and an unknown person are seen in this 1933 file photo.
Sheriff William Emig (left), suspect Thomas Thurmond,
and an unknown person are pictured.


        
        

John M. Holmes is seen between Sheriff William Emig (right) and an unknown man.
John M. Holmes (center). 


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