The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-07

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and then half a dozen or more unfinished
letters relating to his crooked transactions
were found also. In all these unfinished
letters and also in all that he has since
written and which have been published. he
seeks to throw upon others share of the
responsibility, as if that were any excuse for
his own stupendous fraud.
immediately after his fight, a gentleman
called to mind an occurrence of some weeks
before, which goes to show the fear which
constantly overshadowed him. 1t had been
proposed to give a Dickens entertainment.
and quite large number of the ladies and
gentlemen of Franklin had met to select
their characters and make suitable arrange
ments for it. Among them was Taylor who
was moving restlessly about the hall, and
meeting this gentleman he laughingly said:
We'll, ! have selected my character"
"What is it2' asked the gentleman.
Sykes and his dog"
Was he thinking of the fleeing, trembling
Sykes at that time? Wherever Taylor went
an understood, long haired, greyish colored
dog followed him. and no doubt the con-
science stricken man had many a time i'm
agined himself and that dog on the tramp,
or hiding in the fields or in out-of-the-way
places from the avenging arm of the law
He had evidently contemplated flight. He
did in fact flee, taking with him from thirty
to fifty thousand dollars, and from letter
written, it is surmised, from New Albany,
in this state, he declares his intention of
leaving for parts unknown. But the strain
was too great. He was compelled, whether
he would or not, to hover around the scene
of his ruin, and to-day he languishes in an
insane asylum, in Imagination dealing in
Chicago options
The afternoon of the day on which it was
known that Taylor had absconded, a little
scene transpired in the bank, wherein the
w ho
worthy of place in the history of this sad
affair. A number of the bank directors
were engaged looking over matters within
The doors were shut and bolted from the in
side, the windows were closed and the cur
tains down. The directors, with spectral
step and touch, were moving around within,
opening drawers, counting money and ex-
aiming papers. All conversation was car
ried on in whispers, and the place seemed
more like a house of death than one of traffic
and trade. Without was heard the restless,
uneasy tramp, tramp, tramp of the now fast
gathering and excited crowd. The confused
murmur of voices could be heard by those
within, and every fresh conner clicked the
latch, it seemed, as if to see for himself
whether the bank was, in trxth. closed or
not. A significant knock is now heard at a
side door, and at once the teller opens to the
assistant cashier. With him comes in the
dog, and seeing gentleman seated at his
masters desk, the dog bounds joyfully to
the gentleman's side; but moments glance
tells him his master is not there, and with
dropping ears and tail he sinks
away, as if he too were suddenly over
whelmed with the great sorrow which has
reached every other. Occasionally this well
known dog may be met wandering in the
streets hunting for his late master. What.
ever others may think or know, the faithful
creature evidently believes that his master
will return. 1t was only the other night
that on passing the bank | saw the dog lying
in the doorway, patiently awaiting the re-
turn OF the poor wanderer. How wide
spread is the blighting influence of crime,
that even the brute creation is brought to
suffering by it,
Taylor's insanity was, of course the result
of remorse and fear. While he remained
here he was unable, or at least did not
tell connected story of his wanderings, but
from answers made to direct questions, it
was gathered from him that he came up
Wednesday following his flight He must
have made the circuit by way of Cincinnati,
but he made it rapidly.
Whom did you sit with on the trainY"
asked one.
by myself was the answer.
'What did you do with your valiser
Laid 1t in the seat and put my overcoat
on it and lay down on it,
Ibid you see anybody you knew
Eyes; Ben -" and here he seemed to
forget. when his examiner prompted by sug-
costing ben Stillinger," conductor on the
road.
Eyes; Ben sat down by me once"
What did you talk aboutT'
1.-THE bank trouble"
"Who got on the train at franklin"
Lynch"
lynch was the bank examiner.)
Where did Mr.. Lynch sit?'
Just ahead of me-"
Where did you get off the train?"
"At indianapolis"
''What did you do with your valise?"
left it in the car"
"What was in it?"
Some shirts and some money"
"How much money!"
"Ten or twelve thousand dollars"
BY asking him short and pointed
questions the answers could be OBJ
tanned and they were 'about al
ways the same. He persisted from the first
to the last that he left $4,000 or SO. 600 in
his valise at Indianapolis and that he walked
from there down home. But of course he said
many other things, many foolish things,
and no man can feel sure that anything he
has said may with certainty be relied upon.
Doubt and distrust pervade the minds of
all and will do so until other light breaks
than is now seen.