Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the county jail at Las Vegas, New Mexico, in May 1893 was taken from the jail by masked men and hanged from a tree, according to a brief item in The Middleburgh Post. The item says three men held in the jail were taken this way and hanged. It also says no clues to the people who took them had been found. The paper's account does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed over the keys, and the name of the man is not legible in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.