In memory of
Charles Mayes
1876
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- June 17, 1876, aged 36
Their life
Deputy Sheriff Charles 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.
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