Pera
Escatsstico Pera was one of three men held in the Albuquerque jail in New Mexico when, according to an American Citizen report from February 1881, a mob took them on the night of January 31 and hanged them. Other papers, relaying an Albuquerque dispatch, describe masked men taking the men from the jail on a Sunday night and hanging them on the porch of the building, with no one speaking and the act lasting about fifteen minutes. The American Citizen names him with Miguel Barren and California Joe.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took him from the Albuquerque jail and hanged him, according to a dispatch from Albuquerque reprinted in newspapers.
Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in newspapers (reporters).
Sources (17)
- Memphis Daily Appeal, February 2, 1881, page 1
- Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 2, 1881, page 2
- The Cheyenne Daily Leader, February 2, 1881, page 1
- Savannah Morning News, February 3, 1881, page 1
- Knoxville Daily Chronicle, February 3, 1881, page 1
- Gold Hill Daily News, February 3, 1881, page 3
- Savannah Morning News, February 3, 1881, page 2
- The Sentinel, February 5, 1881, page 4
- Arizona Weekly Citizen, February 6, 1881, page 1
- The Weekly Elko Independent, February 6, 1881, page 2
- The Hartford Herald, February 9, 1881, page 4
- Connecticut Western News, February 9, 1881, page 4
- Wood County Reporter, February 10, 1881, page 1
- American Citizen, February 12, 1881, page 1
- Southern Standard, February 12, 1881, page 1
- Narragansett Herald, February 12, 1881, page 4
- Knoxville Daily Chronicle, March 1, 1881, page 1