Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-25

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Finally he recovered. Garriott
was tried for the assault, but ac-
quilted. He then gave Davis
notice to leave the city, or he
would shoot him at sight. Da-
Wis took no notice of this, and in
few days afterward he was
found lying insensible in an al
ley-way. Upon being restored
to consciousness, he said that
he had been set upon by two
unknown men, who had clEbbed
him senSeless. Strange to say,
he had to admit that his enemy,
Garriott, had not been among
them.
Garriott, however, was arres-
ted on suspicion, but there was
no evidence against him.
Meanwhile, Davis condition be-
came worse, and his physicians
finally told him to prepare for
death. This announcement
frightened him greatly, and he
sent for the pastor of the Bap-
fist church, to whom he made
A STRANGE CONFESSION.
He said that he waylaid Jen-
ny Taylor on the abOve-men-
toned day, in a wagon that be
had purchased for that very
purpose in indianapolis; that
Jenny, in compliance to his invi-
tation to take a short ride with
him, had taken a seat in the
wagon, whereupon he had
thrown her down and chloro-
formed her. While she was in
sensible he had poured brandy
down her throat, and when she
re-opened her eyes she was in q
beastly state Of intoxication.
He had kept her in that condi-
ton until they reached Chicago;
but fearing that he was not safe
with her there, he had taken her
to Michigan City, where a con-
federate OF his had performed
the mock rites Of marriage
he then lived with her for time.
telling her that her father had
disowned her-that she was dis
graced forever, and that in case
she returned to Fort Wayne,
everybody would spurn her as
an outcast. The poor girl had
believed this and yielded to her
fate with the resignation Of des-
pair. One day, however, she
had eluded his vigilance and
ran away from him. He had
believed that she had returned
to Fort Wayne, but had ascer-
tanned that such was not the
case. At the same time the
news Of her fathers death had
reached him. And then he had
conceived
THE BOLD SCHEME
Of making a strike for old John
TaylOr's estate. The son did
not exist at all and the certificate
Of the gi]l's death was forgery.
The clergyman to whom the
dying villain confessed all this
made haste to lay the facts be-
fore the authorities. To them
Davis confirmed all he had said.
He died on the same day in
great agony.
Mrs. Taylor, Johns widow,
now made earnest effort to as
certain the whereabouts of her
unfortunate daugher. After a
long search she was found in
one Of the lowest haunts Of vice
in St. Paul, Minnesota. AL
though so young yet, Jennie
Taylor had become a thorough
ly deprayed woman. Her face
indicated that she was a drunk
ard, and, when urged TO return
to her mother, she fatty refused.
She preferred to remain where
she was, and no supplications
were able to cause her to change
her mind. Her mother herself
went to see her. "No, no.
said the girl. Il will not be
dragged back to Fort Wayne
and have the people point their
fingers at me. [ shall remain
here"
Years rolled by without her
ever having claimed her inheri-
lance. In 1861 her corpse was
found in the Mississippi, near St.
Paul. Whether her death had
been caused by accident, or
whether it was self-inficted,
has never been ascertained.
Her mother died in the fol-
lowing year. The large es-
tate Of John Taylor fell into the
hands Of distant relatives, and
the story of this mournful affair
has been utterly forgotten. The
convict had kept his oath well.
The man who prosecuted him