1876: Santa Fe:
The New Mexican reports from Lincoln County that Jose Segura, an accused horse thief, was forcefully taken from a Sheriff’s Posse, shot and lynched by 17 masked men.
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This day, in Chicano History
This day, in Chicano History: July 23
1898: Jerome, Arizona:
The Jerome Mining News re-prints an article complaining that “people of Spanish and Mexican descent are not enlisting” in the war against Spain because of “the tie of language” is stronger than allegiance to the U.S.