Died in custody
Name not reported
On August 31, 1894, about fifty armed, masked men stopped a sheriff's wagon about two miles west of Wellington as he was bringing six people, handcuffed and chained, to town. The mob shot them, and the Arizona Weekly Citizen reported that the sheriff said he did not know any of the men. Officials said every effort would be made to bring those responsible to justice. This person's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the sheriff's posse (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.