The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-29
LODGED In JAIL.

We stated last week that Joseph II. Tay-
lar, suspected of the murder of Robert A.
Mackey, near St. Georges, Delaware, sew
eral weeks ago, had been arrested at Bu-
cyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, and til at the
Sheriff of New Castle county, accompanied
by another gentleman, had gone there after
him. The party returned on Wednesday
morning, bringing Taylor with them, &C
companied by the Sheriff Of Crawford
county, who arrested the prisoner. The
Wilmington Commercial gives the follow
ing account of the arrest and return of the
prisoner:
On Sunday morning, the 22nd, Sheriff
Armstrong and Mr.. IIamill visited the jail
and upon seeing the man whom Sheriff
Row had arrested, Mr.. Hamill at once
identified him as Taylor, the two men
recognizing each other at once. Taylor
held his hand through the grating of the
cell door, and told Mr.. Hamill he was glad
he had come. He was smoking a cigar,
and asked how his I" folks were at home"
Mr.. H. then entered into conversation
with him, and asked him a number of ques-
tions, to which Taylor replied freely and
with apparent cheerfulness Mr.. II. asked,
Chow did you get into such a bad box as
this 2" to which Taylor said he had been
arrested on suspicion, but he was innocent.
He was then somewhat pressed as to the
circumstances of his ride with Robert A.
Mackey, at the time the latter disappeared,
and acknowledged having been in Mackey's
company. He said he started with Mackey
from Newark, and went thence to Chris
tiana; then to St. Georges, where besides
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They then drove toward the creek, and
before reaching it, both took off their
coats and put them under the seat. Mackey
was driving, and just before going on to
the bridge, he drove against tree. (But,
asked MIR. Hamill, was not Mackey lying
with his head in your lap? Taylor ad
mitted that he was.) He then said that
Mackey was thrown out on the ground by
the collision with the tree, and then he got
out to lift around the tail of the wagon,
Mackey meanwhile lying on the ground.
Taylor, after lifting the carriage, led the
horse over the bridge, and took drink out
of his bottle, after which, returning to
find Mackey, the latter had disappeared.
He then drove to Middletown. But, ask
ed Mr.. Hamill, why didn't you look for
him? to which he answered, "There l
done wrong. But was drunk"
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at no time admitted his guilt, but contin-
ually referred to his being drunk. He
stated his movements after being at Mid
dletown, and said among other things that
he stopped last, in Wilmington, at Mil
lers hotel, where he left the last horse and
wagon he got in his trading, and also
bundle with his name on it. He then came
on to Bucyrus, and was there just two
weeks before he was arrested, which was
on the 18th.
On the way in, Mr.. Hamill had some
further conversation with Taylor, but upon
being questioned, seemed to get FESTIVE
and angry. He threatened at one time
that he would bring number Of others,
living in his old neighborhood into the
trouble, and make them "scratch their
heads" He also referred to his uncle,
who is the editor of an Italian newspaper
published in New York, and said he would
help him, and furnish $1,000 for his de-
fense. Already, he said, his uncle had
lawyers employed. During most of the
trip in, Taylor laughed and talked, smoked
cigars, and was quite cheerful He brag-
ged great deal about the friends he had
made in Bucyrus, and it appears that he
had produced rather favorable impress
sion. He was wearing Mackey's coat of
blue diagonal, to which allusion has re-
peatedly been made, when arrested, but
the Sheriff took it, and Mr.. Hamill brought
it home. On the inside, in the back, were
initials, sewed in, r.. NJ and these,
though the stitches have been picked out,
still show quite distinctly.
The Bucyrus Forum, newspaper pub
lished in that town, relates the circum-
stances of the arrest. Squire Greenfield's
letter from Kimbleville reached Sheriff
Row on the 18th Saturday and he imme-
diatey began to hunt for Taylor who get
ting wind of something, began to make
himself scarce. He changed his dress,
somewhat, but at last was found, on Mon
day, the 18th, in the yard of a hub and
spoke factory, where his cousin, John
Mcbride, is employed as engineer. By
this time large crowds were in the streets,
all eager to secure him, and the Sheriff
feeling sure of his man, made the arrest
The editor of the Forum saw Taylor in
Jail, ON Wednesday, and the latter told his
version of the affair, differing somewhat
from what he told Hamill, as follows
"While in an intoxicated condition they
drove along the steep bank of river,
and Mackey alighted, and lay down on the
troll the animal. In some manner, Mackey
fell off the wall into the river and was
drowned, and when Taylor returned he
could not find him."
Sheriff Armstrong, with his prisoner,
arrived at Wilmington, at 10 o'clock, and
proceeded at once to New Castle, where
Taylor was locked up in the Jail. He will
not come to trial until the November term.
Sheriff Row went on down the State, in
tending to proceed to Milton to see the
Governor, and claim the reward which the
latter offered.
Upon inquiry at the White Horse Hotel,
in Wilmington, it proved that Taylor was
there on Thursday, the Both of July, two
days after the supposed homicide of Mackey
and left horse and wagon, which have
been there ever since. The hostler Iecog-
nizes the photograph of Taylor as that of
the man who brought the team.
Taylor left the next morning, directing
that the team should be cared for, until he
returned. This was Friday, July 3lst, and
as he appeared in Bucyrus, on the follow
ing Monday, it is evident that he tarried
very little on the way.
AS to the bundle which Taylor says he
left at the hotel, no one remember it.