Died in jail or a lockup
Pera Barrea
Pera Barrea was held at a jail in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when masked men took him from the building on a Sunday night in late January 1881. According to a Galveston dispatch citing an Albuquerque report, the men hanged him on the jail's porch, along with one other man taken the same night. The dispatch said the seizure lasted about fifteen minutes and that no one spoke during it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Galveston dispatch citing an Albuquerque report says masked men took him from a jail and hanged him on the building's porch.
Reported by: Galveston dispatch citing a report from Albuquerque (reporters).