Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1881, a mob took a person from a jail in a New Mexico town and killed them, according to a news item from the Butte Inter Mountain that was reprinted in a 1902 column. The item says this was one of three people killed in this way. It gives no name, age, or other details about this person, and does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Butte Inter Mountain, 1881 news item reprinted in 1902 column (reporters).