Baxter Springs Police Department, Kansas
End of Watch Saturday, June 29, 1872
Add to My HeroesC. 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
Most Recent Reflection
View all 10 ReflectionsCity 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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United States Border Patrol
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