The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1870-07-22
A HUMAN FiE,D.
A Man In Missouri Attempts 60
Xiii His Wife Inch by Inrh---
IIe Is Hanged by Indignant
|aHth Seighbors. .'t

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.''t'' & NeighbSrs. .'tt-'
We learn the particulars of savage
and brutal affiiir (which occurred at Me.
doc, a small town in Jasper county.
Mo, from correspondent of The Kan
!sas City Journal The mans name
: who pespctrated the foul deed is A. h,
Taylor. He was taken from the Gus
tody of the constable by the citizens
of Mcdoc, and hung about 10 O'clock
on the evening of the 29th Of May. The
following are the facts as stated by this
correspondent
For some months past Taylor has
been almost daily in the habit of whip
ping and otherwise abusing his wife
(who is said to be most estimable
lady,. His abuse Of his wife has bcch
growing more and more aggravated and
severe, until Friday night last, when it
seems, he turned tiend, and began to
abuse her in a most brutal and outra.
gcous manner-first, by kicking and
cutting; then he struck her to the floor
and stamped her with his heels. After
furnishing her ia this way until he was
tired, he took butcher-lSnife and cut
her hair short. Still growing more
and more dcviliSh, he broke gridiron
to shivcrS over her head. Then, with
a knife, he began to torture her by
hacking her in the face and on the
breast until he had literally cut her
breast and face into slices, and, to make
the torture more severe, stabbed her
in the different parts of the body with
an old pair Of scissors.
"lIc seemed to want to kill her by
degrees. During all this lime he kept
up his kicking, cutting and stamping,
and by the time his fury had abatcd he
had inflicted such horrible wounds that
life was almost extinct. Several Of the
citizens, hearing the cries Of the woman,
were attracted to the place. On find.
ing that they had discovered what he
had been doing and fearing that they
would take measures to punish him, he
fed to the woods near by, where he
kept himself concealed until Sunday
morning, when he called at Mr.. Robert
Wallace'S farmhouse and asked for
some breakfast. Mr.. Wallace heard
what had occurred on Friday night,
and knowing that there was a writ in
the hands of the constable for his arrest,
took it upon himself 10 arrest him, took
him to town, and delivered him into
the hands Of the constable,
"fhc citizens, in the meantime.
hearing of the outrage and OF the criti-
cal condition of his wife, became more
and more enragcd, and by evening be-
gan to show signs of violence. About
half-paSt nine the constable decided to
move the prisoner to Justice Ander-
sons house, some two miles distant. for
safe.keeping and for trial on the mOr-.
row.
After having gone about mile with
the prisoner, a posse of about thirty
armed men came up, took Taylor and
hanged him to tree, where he remain.
Cd until this afternoon. He was then
taken down and brought to town.
When | saw his body it was lying in
lis own office. His wife. all cut and
bruised from head to foot. was still
alive ON Monday. 1t is probable that
she will not recover
"A. ID. Taylor was man of educa-
tion, was by profession physician, and
is said to have been very successful
practitioner. lie was about forty years
OF age. A few years since he quit his
profession and went to preaching, ia
which capacity he was very successful,
being fine speaker. Since that time
he has been practicing his profession.
On inquiring what could have induced
him to abuse his wife in such horrible
manner, was told there was nothing
the matter but his own vicious pature.
lit is doubtless the best policy, in
most cases, to punish crime by law,
but who will say that any man ought to
be allowed to live one hour after tortur-
ing his wife (whom he had voluntarily
sworn to love and protcct) as this man
did,"