Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the Santa Fe jail in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was taken from the jail on Friday night, July 16, 1880, and lynched by a mob, according to a brief report in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. It does not say how the mob got into the jail or whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).