Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
THE MURDERED MAN.

Robert A. Mackey was the son of Thomas
Mackey, farmer in good circumstances, who
lives about mile north of Jennersville, Chester
county. The father is a respected citizen, and
besides his farm Of 1888 acres, has been all OK
tensive owner of other real estate. Robert was
about 33 years of age, unmarried, and had lived
at home until last Summer, helping conduct his
fathers business, although engaged with his
brother-in-law Thomas Good, in the livery busi-
ness at Parkeaburg and also following the avo-
cation of drover, buying large numbers OF cat
tie and sheep in Western Pennsylvania lie is
said to have been lame.
THE PRESUMED MURDERER
Joseph Taylor, Jr. has been, unless all reports
do him gross injustice, very "hard case. p"
His father, Joseph Taylor, Sen., keeps the ho
tel at Lewsvlle, Chester county, is a temperate
and hard working man, and was at one time a
person of considerable property most of which
he has lost it Ii said through the misdoings of his
sou. The latter is now between 26 and 27, about
feet 10 inches high stout and well built, weigh
ing l65 or 40 pounds, has dark hair, gray eyes,
and wore light brown moustache and goatee.
He dresses we'll, and is a reasonably fine looking
person, when sober, with this peculiarly
when under the influence of liquor, he has no.
ticeably mean and ugly look. His career, accord
ing to the narration OF those well acquainted
with him, has been
LONG SUCCESSION OF GRIMES AND FoLLIEs,
from boyhood. While yet in his teens, he was a
'fast" lad driving fast horses, refusing to work,
and 80 neglecting his opportunities for educa-
tion that he is now quite illiterate being scarce
ly able to read and write. long list Of bad
acts laid to his charge is related. About 1870,
he is said to have bought suit Of clothes in
Elkton, forging his fathers name to note in
payment. From that time until 1872, being
without occupation, and attempting to live upon
his father, without work, he was sometimes at
home, sometimes put out Of the house,
m
the spring Of 1872, he was for some months in
Williamsport, Pa, driving hack. He was
there engaged i'll desperate fight with travel
ing clog-dancer, and man called Jim Smith,
with other aliases. 1t was charged against Tay-
lor that raftsmen, coming into town, were CON
conveyed away in his carriage,
MADE DRUNK AND ROBBED.
and finally the police being after him, he left,
coming to his fathers by way of this city, where
he bought some clothing, and left handsome
gold watch as pledge for payment, which has We
are informed never been redeemed. Recently
he was suspected of being concerned in an at
tempted outrage on two young girls near Lewis
vile, but he charged it to two respectable young
men of the neighborhood which led to violen
shooting and brick-batting affraJ at the Lewis
vile tavern, the particulars of which were giver
in the COMMERCIAL at the time.
There are several other children besides
Joseph-the suspected man-and the others al,
represented as industrious and respectable peo
Pile. Edwin Taylor, an elder brother, farms
large property near Brick Hill, Chester county.
NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
| by the State authorities to bring the presumet
murderer to Justice. The Attorney General ha
had no official notification Of the affair, ant
| since the murderer is clearly beyond the jurs
dcton of the State and the friends of IL victim
have not called on him, (the Attorney General
| to take any action in the case he does not fee
warranted in making any further inquiry thai
has already been made. He cannot offer re
ward as that duty devolves upon the Governor
The murder, he also thinks, is not very cearl
defined, though the presumption is strongly il
| that direction.