Name not reported

Four Hispanic men were held in a New Mexico jail when, according to an 1888 San Francisco Call account reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot, a small party led by a man named Van Zandt broke into the building. The party then took the four men from the jail and hanged them. The men's names are not recorded in the account, and it gives no date or county.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco Call account, reprinted in The Manitowoc Pilot, says a small party led by Van Zandt broke open the New Mexico jail and hanged four Mexican men.

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

Source

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