Died in jail or a lockup
John Keymond
John Keymond was one of three men taken from the jail at Los Lunas, New Mexico, by masked men, according to a dispatch datelined Albuquerque and printed in The Somerset Herald on March 15, 1882. The dispatch says the men were hanged to adjacent trees. It does not say how the sheriff or jailer responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch datelined Albuquerque says masked men took Keymond from the Los Lunas jail and hanged him to a tree.
Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch (reporters).