Died in jail or a lockup

Jim Taylor

died May 7, 1891 · Nashville Jail, Nashville, Tennessee

Jim Taylor was held in the Nashville jail in Tennessee. According to a brief item in the Belmont Chronicle published May 7, 1891, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The item does not say how the jail staff responded to the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news item in the Belmont Chronicle reports that a mob took him from the Nashville jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Belmont Chronicle (reporters).

Source

Belmont Chronicle, May 7, 1891, page 1 Belmont Chronicle, May 7, 1891

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