William Bailey

William Bailey was held in the jail at Dramwell, West Virginia, in January 1898. According to a dispatch in The Evening Herald of February 2, 1898, a group of coal miners battered down the jail doors on the night of Monday, January 31, took him out, dragged him to a tree and hanged him. The only source for these events is that newspaper dispatch, and the dispatch is the basis for the account of how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A February 2, 1898 newspaper dispatch says a mob battered down the jail doors, took him out, dragged him to a tree and hanged him, firing more than fifty shots into his body.

Reported by: February 2, 1898 newspaper dispatch from Dramwell, West Virginia (reporters).

Source

• The Evening Herald, February 2, 1898, page 2 The Evening Herald, February 2, 1898