Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Valdez
Thomas Valdez was held in a jail for much of the summer of 1880 before being moved to Conejos County, Colorado. According to the Albuquerque Journal, as reprinted in the Cheyenne Transporter in November 1880, a few days after he arrived there a mob took him from custody and lynched him. The paper's account names the mob as the people who killed him, and the jailers' part in it is not stated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Albuquerque Journal, as reprinted in the Cheyenne Transporter, reports that a mob took Thomas Valdez from the jail in Conejos County, Colorado, a few days after he arrived there, and lynched him.
Reported by: Albuquerque Journal (reprinted in the Cheyenne Transporter) (reporters).