Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men named Bailey were held in the jail at Commanche, Texas, in November 1883. About fifty masked men broke down the jail door, overpowered the guards after a hard struggle, and took the brothers out. The mob hanged both men from a tree in the graveyard about a mile from town. The jailers resisted the mob but were overpowered, and the brothers were then taken from the jail and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty masked men broke into the Comanche, Texas jail, overpowered the guards and hanged the two Bailey brothers from a tree in a graveyard.
Reported by: news reports.