Died in jail or a lockup
Jim West
A special dispatch from Las Vegas, New Mexico, reported in the Brenham Weekly Banner in February 1880 said that 75 men took Jim West from the local jail and hanged him. The report gives nothing about who he was. It does not say how the jailer or sheriff responded to the group, and the account comes from that single dispatch.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Las Vegas, New Mexico, reported that a group of 75 men took him from the local jail and hanged him.
Reported by: a special dispatch from Las Vegas, N. M., as reported in the paper (reporters).