Xavajoe Frank
Xavajoe Frank, a man held at the jail in Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, died in late June 1882. A Western Union dispatch from Las Vegas, reprinted in the Daily Los Angeles Herald, said a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. A dispatch reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Citizen on July 2, 1882 likewise said he was taken from the jail and hanged. Neither account says how the mob got into the jail, or whether the jailers resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory dispatch reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Citizen says a band of men took Xavajoe Frank from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Las Vegas, N.M. dispatch reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Citizen (reporters); Western Union dispatch from Las Vegas, N. M., reprinted in the Herald (reporters).