Died in jail or a lockup
Juan Madera
Juan Madera was held in the camp jail at Morenci, a copper camp near Clifton, Arizona, in October 1897. A Clifton dispatch printed in the Waterbury Democrat on October 29, 1897, reported that several hundred men stormed the jail, broke down the door and shot him. The dispatch described the attack as a mob action, and no other account of the events has been found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report from a Clifton, Arizona dispatch says a mob of several hundred men broke into the Morenci camp jail and shot him.
Reported by: news report (Clifton, Ariz. dispatch) (reporters).