James Bailey
James Bailey, a Black man, was taken from an officer by a mob of about twenty masked men near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, on July 14, 1914, and hanged, according to newspaper reports. Accounts differ on where he was being held: one says an officer was driving him by automobile toward the county jail at Hernando, while others place him in the officer's custody near Lake Cormorant. A coroner's jury inquest held that day identified no member of the mob. One paper reported that no prosecutions were expected.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about twenty masked men took James Bailey from an officer who was driving him toward the county jail at Hernando and hanged him near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, according to press reports.
Reported by: Atlanta Georgian (reporters); Hopkinsville Kentuckian (reporters); coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).