Everard

Juan Everard was held in the jail at Socorro, New Mexico, in August 1882. According to reports in the Grenada Sentinel and the St. Landry Democrat, a mob took him from the jail one night and hanged him from a tree. The Grenada Sentinel item is a short notice, and the St. Landry Democrat says only that he was taken and hanged.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short item in the Grenada Sentinel reports that a mob took Everard from the Socorro jail in New Mexico and hanged him from a tree; the item does not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.

Reported by: Grenada Sentinel (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Grenada Sentinel, August 26, 1882, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, August 26, 1882
• St. Landry Democrat, August 26, 1882, page 2 St. Landry Democrat, August 26, 1882