Name not reported

A newspaper report published August 23, 1889 says four Mexican men held in a New Mexico jail were taken from their cells by a small armed party. The party broke into the jail and hanged the four men. The paper attributes the attack to a man seeking revenge for a murdered friend. The names, ages and dates of the four men are not given in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Pioneer Express, August 23, 1889, page 4 The Pioneer Express, August 23, 1889