Died in jail or a lockup
John Redmond
Jno. Redmond was one of three men taken from the jail at La Lunas, New Mexico, by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in The Somerset Press published on March 16, 1882. The item does not give the date of the killing, and it does not say whether the jailers resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item reports that a mob took Jno. Redmond from the jail at La Lunas, New Mexico, and hanged him.
Reported by: the newspaper item.