Jim Tayler
Jim Taylor, a Black man also spelled Jim Tayler in one account, was held in the Chestertown jail in Maryland. In May 1892, a crowd of nearly one hundred armed men broke down the jail door, smashed the lock on his cell, and took him to a tree in the stable yard, where they hanged him. According to one account, the sheriff pleaded with the crowd to stop, and no shots were fired. The accounts differ on whether he died on May 10 or May 17, 1892, and a coroner's jury found that he died at the hands of persons unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of nearly one hundred armed men broke into the Chestertown jail, smashed his cell lock and hanged him; a coroner's jury found he died at the hands of persons unknown.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.