Thomas Madrid

Thomas Madrid was held at the Fort Union jail in Fort Anostine, New Mexico, in October 1875. According to the Pioche Daily Record, a mob took him and three other men from the jail at night, marched them to a grove, tied him to a tree and shot him. The newspaper's account, a single report, does not describe how the jail's staff responded to the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob took him from the Fort Union jail at night, marched him to a grove, tied him to a tree and shot him.

Reported by: newspaper report.

Source

• Pioche Daily Record, October 9, 1875, page 2 Pioche Daily Record, October 9, 1875