Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A third person held in a New Mexico jail was taken out by a mob and lynched on May 6, 1893, according to a brief national news roundup printed by the Oakes Weekly Republican on May 12. The roundup gives no name for the person, the jail, or the town. It does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: national news roundup.