Dallas Sewell
Dallas Sewell was held in the jail at Eufaula, Oklahoma, when a masked mob overpowered Sheriff Ayres and a deputy at revolver point and took him out. The mob hanged him, and about 30 minutes later his body was found hanging from the rafters of a barn. The Imperial Valley Press reported that officers said they could not recognize any members of the mob. The Siftings Herald put the number of men at about 11.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Dallas Sewell from the Eufaula jail, overpowering the sheriff and a deputy at revolver point, and hanged him; officers said they could not recognize any members of the mob.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); Sheriff Ayres and a deputy (the agency that held him).