Pera Barnea

Pera Barnea was held at the jail in Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to a dispatch from Albuquerque published in early February 1881, masked men came to the jail on Sunday night, took him out, and hanged him on the porch of the building. The dispatch says no one spoke and the killing took about fifteen minutes. The sheriff was reported to be searching for another man connected to the same events.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Albuquerque, reprinted in a Galveston paper, says masked men took him from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Albuquerque dispatch reprinted in the Galveston newspaper (reporters).

Source

• Knoxville Daily Chronicle, February 3, 1881, page 1 Knoxville Daily Chronicle, February 3, 1881