Died in jail or a lockup
Bailey
Bailey was held in the jail at Comanche, one of two brothers held there at the time. According to a press dispatch published the next day, a mob of masked men took him from the jail while the sheriff was away. The men hanged him from a tree in the graveyard about a mile from town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A press dispatch reports that a mob of masked men took Bailey from the Comanche jail while the sheriff was away and hanged him from a tree in the graveyard a mile from town.
Reported by: press dispatch.