Died in custody
Nicholas Aragon
Nicholas Aragon, a 30-year-old man, was in the custody of the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico. According to the Huntsville Gazette, on the 30th a mob took him from the sheriff and his officers, dragged him by the heels to a tree and hanged him. The report describes his death as a lynching carried out after he had been taken into custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Nicholas Aragon from the sheriff and his officers, dragged him by the heels to a tree and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.