Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a news dispatch citing reports from Brownsville, reprinted in the Gold Hill Daily News, a party of soldiers forced a jail on March 26, 1876. The dispatch said they killed one Mexican man held there and wounded two others. The man who was killed was one of the people held at the jail, and the dispatch described his death as a killing by the soldiers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch citing reports from Brownsville says a party of soldiers forced a jail and killed one of the Mexicans held there.
Reported by: news dispatch citing reports from Brownsville, reprinted in the Gold Hill Daily News (reporters).