Taylor

Taylor, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Mason, Michigan, in August 1866. According to a Detroit dispatch reprinted in The Day Book, a mob took him from the jail on the night of Monday, August 27, and hanged him from a tree. A second, shorter report from The Daily Dispatch says the mob took him from the jail during the night and hanged him, and both accounts describe the killing as a lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Detroit dispatch reprinted in The Day Book says a mob took Taylor from the Mason jail and hanged him from a tree.

Reported by: Detroit dispatch reprinted in The Day Book, citing the Tribune (reporters).

News reports (2)

• The Daily Dispatch, August 31, 1866, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, August 31, 1866
• The Day Book, September 1, 1866, page 2 The Day Book, September 1, 1866