JOSEPH MYLES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 1
Department: Greenbrier County, West Virginia, S.D.
End of Watch: November 22, 1931
Cause: SHOT
Age: 48
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Myles was shot and killed after warning patrons of a dance hall to quiet down. As he and his companion left they were fired upon and struck by a shotgun blast. Deputy Myles was killed at the scene and his companion died the following day. Two men were arrested and taken to the Greenbrier County Jail. Several days later a mob of 60 citizens removed them from the jail and lynched them on a public street.
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