Died in jail or a lockup
J. Mayfield
J. Mayfield was being held in the jail at Boston, Texas, in January 1916. The Abbeville Progress reported that about twenty-five masked, armed men came to the jail, overpowered the jailer, and took J. Mayfield out shortly before midnight on January 24. The mob hanged J. Mayfield. The report describes the jailer as overpowered rather than as having handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news report.