Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Mail reports from Brazil, printed in the Little Rock Daily Republican in February 1872, said a Chilean man held in the jail near the river Platte was taken out by a mob and lynched. The reports say the mob acted after local authorities and foreigners turned against the group he was said to lead. The account gives no further detail about the killing itself.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Mail advices from Brazil, as reported by the newspaper, say a man held in jail was taken out and lynched, and do not name the jailers.
Reported by: Mail advices from Brazil, as reported by the newspaper.