City Marshal C. M. Taylor, Baxter Springs Police Department, Kansas

City Marshal C. M. Taylor

Baxter Springs Police Department, Kansas

End of Watch Saturday, June 29, 1872

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C. M. Taylor

City Marshal C.M. Taylor was shot and killed while attempting to arrest the city's mayor.

The owner of a local lumberyard had sworn out a warrant against the mayor for the mayor's failure to pay his debt to the lumberyard. As Marshal Taylor attempted to arrest the mayor, he was shot. The mayor initially refused to give himself up but later, fearing he would be lynched, he surrendered to authorities.

The mayor was charged with Marshal Taylor's murder but acquitted at trial.

Marshal Taylor was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War. He had been appointed by the mayor two years earlier after the murder of City Marshal Henry Seaman and previously served as a United States Deputy Marshal. He was survived by his father and five siblings.

Bio

Age 26
Tour 2 years
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Acquitted

arrest attempt

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City Marshal Taylor,
On today, the 150th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice- not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the Union Army during the Civil War.

R.I.P.
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June 29, 2022