Name not reported

A San Francisco Call account, reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot in August 1888, reports that four Mexican men held at a New Mexico jail were killed. According to that account, a small party led by Van Zandt broke open the jail and hanged the four men. The account identifies the men only as Mexican and as held at that jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call account, reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot, says a mob broke open a New Mexico jail and hanged four Mexican men held there.

Reported by: San Francisco Call (reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot) (reporters).

Source

• The Manitowoc Pilot, August 30, 1888, page 4 The Manitowoc Pilot, August 30, 1888