Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Juan Everard

died August 1882 · Socorro County, New Mexico

Juan Everard was held in the jail at Socorro, New Mexico, in August 1882. A mob took him from the jail, according to a short item in the Grenada Sentinel published August 26, 1882. The paper reported that he was hanged from a tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short Grenada Sentinel item says a mob took him from the Socorro, New Mexico jail and strung him up on a tree.

Reported by: Grenada Sentinel (reporters).

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