Navajo Frank
Navajo Frank was held in the jail at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and died there on June 28, 1882, according to a Western Union dispatch from Las Vegas reprinted in the Daily Los Angeles Herald. The dispatch says that a mob took him from the jail that night and lynched him. The dispatch also reports that he had earlier been lassoed and dragged by a man in Las Vegas, and that a group of men then pursued and captured him. The dispatch does not describe how the jail's staff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Western Union dispatch from Las Vegas, New Mexico, reprinted in the Herald says a mob took Navajo Frank from the jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Western Union dispatch from Las Vegas, N. M., reprinted in the Herald (reporters).