Taylor

Taylor, a Black man, was held in a jail near Lansing, Michigan, according to a telegraphic dispatch from Detroit reprinted by the Clarksville Weekly Chronicle in August 1866. The dispatch says a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree on or about August 27, 1866. The unnamed source gives no further details about Taylor, his age, or how the jail officers responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Detroit telegraphic dispatch says a mob took Taylor from a jail near Lansing, Michigan, and hanged him from a tree.

Reported by: Detroit telegraphic dispatch (unnamed source) (reporters).

Source

• Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, August 31, 1866, page 2 Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, August 31, 1866