Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail was taken out during the night of July 16, 1880, by a group of masked men, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune dispatch from Santa Fe. The men hanged him and then fired bullets into his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Tribune special dispatch from Santa Fe says a body of masked men hanged the man, who was held in a jail, and fired bullets into his body.
Reported by: Tribune's Santa Fe special dispatch (reporters).