Lee Bailey
Lee Bailey was held in the DeLand jail in Florida. Around 1 a.m. on September 27, 1891, a crowd of citizens obtained the jailer's key by a ruse, overpowered and bound the sheriff, took the keys, and led Bailey from the jail to a clump of trees, where they hanged and shot him. An inquest jury before a justice of the peace returned a verdict of death by hanging and shooting by unknown parties. The 1891 newspaper report, a reprint of a Times-Union dispatch, presented the killing as endorsed by local citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of citizens took Lee Bailey from the DeLand jail, hanged and shot him, and an inquest jury returned a verdict of death by hanging and shooting by unknown parties.
Reported by: inquest jury before a justice of the peace; Times-Union dispatch (newspaper reprint) (reporters).