Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Taylor

died August 27, 1866 · Jail at Mason, Ingham County, Michigan

Taylor, a Black man, was held in the jail at Mason, Michigan, in late August 1866. According to a Detroit dispatch reprinted in The Day Book, citing the Tribune, a mob took him from the jail on Monday night, August 27, and hanged him from a tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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

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