Harry French
Harry French was held in the jail at Los Lunas, New Mexico, in March 1882. Newspaper dispatches of the time report that masked men took him from the jail on March 8 and hanged him from a nearby tree, along with two other men held there. The accounts differ in some details, including the spelling of the town, and the Brenham Weekly Banner and other reprints give no date beyond 'the other day'. Harry French was a Black man, as the sources describe him, and no other details of his life are given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took Harry French from the jail at Los Lunas, New Mexico, and hanged him from a tree, according to reports in several newspapers; the accounts do not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.
Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in multiple newspapers (reporters); The Patron of Husbandry (reporters); The Iola Register (reporters); Denver Republican (reporters); Helena Weekly Herald (reporters); The New North-West (reporters).
Sources (17)
- Savannah Morning News, March 10, 1882, page 1
- Daily Republican, March 10, 1882, page 1
- The Portland Daily Press, March 10, 1882, page 2
- The New North-West, March 10, 1882, page 2
- Omaha Daily Bee, March 10, 1882, page 1
- The Silver State, March 11, 1882, page 2
- Arizona Weekly Citizen, March 12, 1882, page 2
- The Tombstone Epitaph, March 13, 1882, page 2
- The South Kentuckian, March 14, 1882, page 2
- Batesville Guard, March 15, 1882, page 1
- Brenham Weekly Banner, March 16, 1882, page 1
- The Iowa Plain Dealer, March 16, 1882, page 1
- Helena Weekly Herald, March 16, 1882, page 4
- The Iola Register, March 17, 1882, page 2
- The Grenada Sentinel, March 18, 1882, page 2
- The Patron Of Husbandry, March 18, 1882, page 4
- St. Landry Democrat, March 18, 1882, page 2