Wylie McNeely

Wylie McNeely, 19, was held at the jail at Mount Pleasant, Texas, when a mob took him from the jail. According to an Associated Press report, the mob brought him to Leesburg and burned him at the stake. The sheriff at Mount Pleasant said he had been trying to move McNeely out of a jail window to a waiting automobile when the mob seized him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob took Wylie McNeely from the Mount Pleasant jail and burned him at the stake in Leesburg, and the sheriff said he had been trying to move McNeely to a waiting automobile when the mob seized him.

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); the sheriff at Mount Pleasant (the agency that held him).

Source

• Abilene Weekly Reflector, October 13, 1921, page 4 Abilene Weekly Reflector, October 13, 1921