Name not reported

Four Mexican men were held in a New Mexico jail in 1888 when a small party led by a man named Van Zandt broke into the jail. The mob took the four men from the jail and hanged them. The jail was the place that held them, and the killings happened in the custody of that jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco Call account, reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot, says a small party 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