Bio & Incident Details
Age: 36
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/17/1876
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Lynched by mob
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Deputy Mayes was shot and killed while serving a writ of ejectment on a farmer approximately five miles south of Lexington. The person named on the writ opened fire, killing Deputy Mayes. Two men who had accompanied the deputy subdued the suspect and took him to jail.
Later that night a mob of angry citizens took the prisoner from the jail and hung him from the second floor railing of the courthouse.
