Charles Shelton

Chas. Shelton was held in the jail at La Lunas, New Mexico, when a mob took them from it and hanged them, according to a brief item in The Somerset Press. The paper reported that Chas. Shelton was one of three men killed in this way. Chas.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Somerset Press, March 16, 1882, page 1 The Somerset Press, March 16, 1882