Manuel Barela
Manuel Barela was held in the Las Vegas jail in New Mexico on the evening of June 4, 1879. According to a correspondent for the Evening Star, about fifty men overpowered the officers, took the keys from the sheriff at the mouths of their revolvers, and marched him to the plaza, where they hanged him from a beam. The correspondent wrote that he offered no resistance and described his family as very worthy people, all well to do, living at Las Cruces. A separate account in the Weekly Arizona Miner reports a hanging in the public square at Las Vegas on the same night but does not name him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A. M. W., correspondent of The Star, says about fifty men overpowered the officers, took the keys from the sheriff at the mouths of their revolvers, and hanged Manuel Barela from a beam in the plaza, and that he offered no resistance.
Reported by: A. M. W., correspondent of The Star (reporters).