Harry French

Harry French was one of three men held in the jail at Los Lunas, New Mexico, when masked men took them out and hanged them from trees in early March 1882, according to newspaper reports of the time. Most accounts date the killing to March 8, though one gives March 7. The mob took him from the jail and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took Harry French from the Los Lunas jail in New Mexico and hanged him from a tree, according to newspaper dispatches from the period; the accounts do not say whether jail staff resisted or handed over the keys.

Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in newspapers (reporters); The Patron Of Husbandry (reporters).

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• Public Ledger, March 9, 1882, page 1 Public Ledger, March 9, 1882
• Savannah Morning News, March 10, 1882, page 1 Savannah Morning News, March 10, 1882
• Daily Republican, March 10, 1882, page 1 Daily Republican, March 10, 1882
• The Portland Daily Press, March 10, 1882, page 2 The Portland Daily Press, March 10, 1882
• Daily Kennebec Journal, March 10, 1882, page 2 Daily Kennebec Journal, March 10, 1882
• The New North-West, March 10, 1882, page 2 The New North-West, March 10, 1882
• Omaha Daily Bee, March 10, 1882, page 1 Omaha Daily Bee, March 10, 1882
• The Salt Lake Herald, March 10, 1882, page 6 The Salt Lake Herald, March 10, 1882
• Knoxville Daily Chronicle, March 11, 1882, page 1 Knoxville Daily Chronicle, March 11, 1882
• The Silver State, March 11, 1882, page 2 The Silver State, March 11, 1882
• Arizona Weekly Citizen, March 12, 1882, page 2 Arizona Weekly Citizen, March 12, 1882
• The Tombstone Epitaph, March 13, 1882, page 2 The Tombstone Epitaph, March 13, 1882
• The South Kentuckian, March 14, 1882, page 2 The South Kentuckian, March 14, 1882
• Batesville Guard, March 15, 1882, page 1 Batesville Guard, March 15, 1882
• The Somerset Herald, March 15, 1882, page 2 The Somerset Herald, March 15, 1882
• Brenham Weekly Banner, March 16, 1882, page 1 Brenham Weekly Banner, March 16, 1882
• The Bolivar Bulletin, March 16, 1882, page 1 The Bolivar Bulletin, March 16, 1882
• The Iowa Plain Dealer, March 16, 1882, page 1 The Iowa Plain Dealer, March 16, 1882
• Helena Weekly Herald, March 16, 1882, page 4 Helena Weekly Herald, March 16, 1882
• The Iola Register, March 17, 1882, page 2 The Iola Register, March 17, 1882
• The Grenada Sentinel, March 18, 1882, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, March 18, 1882
• The Patron Of Husbandry, March 18, 1882, page 4 The Patron Of Husbandry, March 18, 1882
• St. Landry Democrat, March 18, 1882, page 2 St. Landry Democrat, March 18, 1882
• Southern Standard, March 18, 1882, page 1 Southern Standard, March 18, 1882