Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a New Mexico county jail in May 1893 was taken out by masked men and hanged from a tree, according to The Star. He was the third of three men held in that jail at the time. His name is garbled in the printed account, so it is not recorded here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took the man from the county jail in New Mexico and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news reports.