Adolfo Padilla
Adolfo Padilla was held in the county jail at Santa Fe, New Mexico, when about twenty masked men came for him early on March 31, 1914. According to the Associated Press, they dragged him out, slashed his throat and stabbed his lungs, and left him in the street in front of the jail. The AP reports that doctors spent three hours treating the wound and that he died at 11 o'clock that day, and that before he died he said he recognized one of his attackers but did not name them. Another account describes a mob that dragged him from the jail and stabbed him to death, and The Spanish American describes the mob killing him with knives.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). The Associated Press says about twenty masked men took him from the Santa Fe jail and stabbed him, while a news report names him Adolfo Pedillo and says a mob stabbed him to death; the Spanish-American editorial says a mob killed him with knives and does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); The Spanish-American (reporters).