Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Silva Pairo
Joseph Silva Pairo was held in the jail at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, when a group of men took him from his cell on Friday night, March 19, 1880, and carried him out of town. A newspaper report published three days later said he was supposed to have been shot or killed and his body hidden, a claim that was not confirmed. The paper described the community as much excited by the action and approving of it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed newspaper report says a group of men took him from the Santa Fe jail on a Friday night and carried him out of town, and that he is supposed to have been shot or killed and his body hidden, though this was not confirmed.
Reported by: unnamed newspaper report.