Died in jail or a lockup
George Bailey
George Bailey was held in a cell at the jail in Devall's Bluff, Arkansas, in December 1909. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob broke into the jail and reached the cell corridor, where the steel bars and cell lock held at first. The mob then used firearms and shot him to death in his cell. The next day, Black residents gathered to protest the killing, and the paper reported that white residents were under arms.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.