Escalere Pera

Escalere Pera was held in the jail at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in January 1881. According to a dispatch from Albuquerque reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, a band of masked men broke into the jail, took him from it and hanged him from the building. The account describes him only as a man held at the jail who was killed by the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Albuquerque, reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, reports that a band of masked men took Escalere Pera from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (reporters).

Source

• Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 2, 1881, page 2 Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 2, 1881