Toy Hayden
Toy Hayden, a 24-year-old Black man, was in the custody of officers near Fayette, Missouri, in October 1899. According to a special report to the Poet-Dispatch, a mob overpowered the officers while they were taking him to Fayette, took him from them and hanged him from a tree about eight miles west of the town. The mob's killing of Toy Hayden happened while the officers held him, and the report describes no other account of how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the officers taking Toy Hayden to Fayette and hanged him to a tree about eight miles west of town, according to a special to the Poet-Dispatch from Fayette, Mo.
Reported by: Poet-Dispatch (special correspondent from Fayette, Mo.) (reporters).