Died in jail or a lockup
Sylya Pisa
Sylya Pisa was held in the jail at Santa Fe when about forty mounted, armed men took him out on Saturday, March 20, 1880, and lynched him, according to The Daily Gazette. At the time of the report his body had not been found. It was supposed that he had been taken about three miles out of town, shot, and his body hidden.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty mounted, armed men took him from the Santa Fe jail; it was supposed he was shot and his body hidden, though it had not been found when the report was written.
Reported by: news reports.