Bailes

Bailes was held in the jail at Athens, Alabama. On the night of Saturday, August 7, 1880, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard, according to The Pulaski Citizen. The paper reports that two earlier attempts to take him had failed, one because the sheriff sheltered him with an armed posse.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Bailes from the Athens, Alabama jail and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard, after two earlier attempts had failed when the sheriff sheltered him with an armed posse.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Pulaski Citizen, August 12, 1880, page 2 The Pulaski Citizen, August 12, 1880