As evening fell on November 11, 1919, popular feeling ran high, and a massive vigilante mob began to form outside the jailhouse. Electrical power to Centralia was cut off, and American Legionnaires ordered drivers to shut off their headlights. Hidden by the darkness that produced, the mob took Wesley Everest from the prison. Although Everest's personal identity was unknown, with some believing him to be the IWW leader Britt Smith, he was positively recognized as the Wobbly who had shot and killed Hubbard. Everest was not the only Wobbly taken from the jail, according to testimony by Britt Smith.