Perea

Perea was held in the jail at Denison. On the Sunday night of January 30, 1881, masked men took him from the jail along with two other men. According to a Denison dispatch printed in the New Orleans report, the men were then hanged. The death is reported as a lynching from custody, and the dispatch was printed in The Portland Daily Press on February 3, 1881.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Denison dispatch printed in a New Orleans paper says masked men took Perea from jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Denison special dispatch (as printed in a New Orleans report) (reporters).

Source

• The Portland Daily Press, February 3, 1881, page 2 The Portland Daily Press, February 3, 1881