Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
Two men were held in the jail at Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, in April 1870. During the night of April 20, a party of masked men broke in, took both men from the jail and hanged them from a beam in the jail yard, where they were found the next morning. The Cheyenne Daily Leader reported that the killings caused excitement in the town. The men are not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked party took the man from the Las Vegas jail during the night and he was found hanging in the jail yard the next morning.
Reported by: news reports.