Pilar Perez – Convicted Murderer Hanged in Grant County
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Pilar Perez was a Mexican man convicted of murder in the first degree for fatally shooting Deputy Sheriff Hall and was sentenced to death by hanging in the courthouse yard [1].
Pilar Perez killed Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hall, also identified in sources as a killing occurring in 1886 [1]. Following his arrest for the killing of Hall, Perez was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree [1]. He was sentenced to be hanged; authorities carried out the execution in the courthouse yard, with Sheriff Laird giving the signal [1]. Perez was also alleged to have kidnapped a Mexican girl on the Mimbres prior to the murder [1]. The board of commissioners was reportedly perplexed regarding the handling of two Mexican prisoners sent to jail around this time, though it is unclear if Perez was among them [1].
Sources
- The board is greatly perplexed as to what… (1888)The board is greatly perplexed as to what to do with two crazy Mexicans sent in to jail