Name not reported

In May 1893, a man held in the county jail at Las Vegas, New Mexico, was taken from the jail by masked men and hanged from a tree, according to a brief item in The Middleburgh Post. The item reports that three men were taken from the jail and hanged in this way. The man's name is not legible in the scanned text, and the item does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob or handed over the keys. No suspects in the killings had been identified, according to the item.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took the man from the county jail at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and hanged him from a tree, according to a brief newspaper item.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Middleburgh Post, May 11, 1893, page 6 The Middleburgh Post, May 11, 1893