Died in prison
Herbert Taylor
Herbert Taylor, a Black man, worked as a trusty at Camp B of the Parchman state convict farm in Mississippi. A Clarksdale dispatch published in The Milwaukee Leader on September 23, 1924, says that while he was in the custody of the sheriff, a mob took him and shot him to death near Lambert, Miss. The dispatch attributes the killing to the mob, and the death is recorded as a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Clarksdale dispatch reports that a mob took Herbert Taylor from the sheriff and shot him to death near Lambert, Miss.
Reported by: Clarksdale dispatch (reporters).