Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-19
BoH rAYLUR's REAAlss
Hauled Through the Streets Of
Chattanooga by a Bowl
ing Mob.
Cbattanoor, Democrat, 18th.

telegram from Sheriff Foute, at Rock
wood, stating that he had made clos
connection with the trains all the wa.
through, aud would certainly be her
at 1880 o'clock. The news sprea'
like wild fire and the whole city an'
suburbs we're set astir, and groups o
men could be seen standing on ever.
corner exeitedly discussing the mat
ter.
By half-past 9 O'Clock, the unioE
depot was we'll crowded with anxious
watchers, and when the train arrived
the ~capacious car shed, depot hall
wavsa and all other available standing
room was so closely occupied by mel
and boys Of all sizes, colOrs ant
conditions. that in and around th'
depot was SIMPLY a mixed mass Of hu.
mainly.
When the train entered the depo
the excitement vas intensified. Tit
vast crowd made a grand surge for thu
train, and it was with difficulty tha'
the police kept them from being run
over.
The widest and most unearthly
wells, which almost seemed to shake
the very walls Of the building, were
sent up from the excited crowd wher
the train stopped, and for a few
moments thereafter the scene beggar:
description. Sheriff Springfield
repeatedly appealed to the crowd fol
order and assured them that the
body would be put on exhibition at
the courthouse to-day and that al
should have az opportunity. Marshal
Wilbur and his police assistants
succeeded in opening a way through
which the corpse could be carried.
Sheriff Foute and Sheriff Goodall.
with their deputies, stood in the car
with the body, and when the box con-
tanning it was handed down to the
s'pall bearers" yell after yell was again
sent ub. 1t was carried through the
depot and placed in a delivery wagon.
guarded By six policemen and several
sheriHs, and started at a rapid rate
for the county jail.
The Juror and surging to and fro o.
the crowd scared the horse pulhngthe
wagon until he baked and refused tC
CO.. When the cause of the halt was
made known, loud cries Of take the
horse out, well pull it, were heard
in tones Of home made thunder. The
horse was accordingly u%nloOsened, anc
a dozen CT so men seized the wager
and went in a run up Ninth and dowr
Market streets, thence up Seventh t.
the Jail.
The demonstration in front Of thu
jail cannot be called very cIeditable u
the good taste of those who partici
pated in it. i 5erything was excite.
ment and disorder. Some we're eursinl
the Taylors, some bowling for Sheriff
Goodall and Foute; some crying tina
the dead body must be burned ant
thrown into the river, and still other
advocated taking the body out ant
hanging it. We should probably her
add that there were not a very grea
many who favored such proceedings a
those proposed.
Sheriff Springfield, who is Away
cool and deliberate under all clrcum
stances, mounted the wagon and agai.
assured the people that they shout
have an opportunity to see Taylor
remains tomorrow.
Loud and prolonged calls were agai
made for Sheriff Goodall, and partie
rushed forward and fairly lifted hiI
up in the wagon. Cries of hold tn
light up to Goodall's face, so we ca
see him. rang out from the crow
with marked unaHimity, and wer
promptly complied With. Mr.. Gooda.
took off his hat and modestly bOwe
in recognition Of the numerous assuI
ances of respect and gratitude, at tn
same time stating hat he was n
speaker and felt completely exhauste
as a result of his long and tiresom
journey. Here was presented h
very peculiar spectacle of the slaye
standing on the ccfin Of the slain an
addressing a iubilant multitude.
At the close of Mr.. Goodall's II
marks Sheriff Foute was loudly Gale
for, and being lifted into the WACO
he said:
Fellow-citizens of the county
Hamilton: | am glad to present t
you the body Of Bob Taylor, th
villain who murdered your excellel
sheriff and his deputy. Applause
| am especially glad hat it is hi.
here in this box, instead of one OF |
whom he had threatened to kill.
have been diligently working for tn
or a like result ever since the murd,
was committed, aud thank God IL
labors have been rewarded. Lou
applause. | will not stop with tn
ferries Of mol moi" but | expect in
short time to bring his two murdsI
GUS partners here in the same f.
Wild yells and shouts Of "Hurra
for Foutel'
Springfield being earnestly an
wildly called upon, quietly arose, ar
in his Gale way remarked: 81 am ST
in the army" which coming fro
him was understood to mean a gre
deal.
The remains were then taken in
the Jail Office, where, after the croy
f had gone, Sheriff Springfield open
/, and uncovered them in the presen
, Of a few men Tor further identifC
ton.
The body was 10 a rough, substa
tial box, without any coffin, wrap
f with a blanket and covered 10 sawdu
aud ice. His face was very uatur,
D being unlife like only in that it W
G considerably paler and the eyeba
D we're a little sunken. VIZ had knov
4 him from boyhood and would ha
recognized TIE body anywhere, it b
C been changed so little by death. ]
: looked a little cool and uncomfortab
but was remarkably well preserve
His bowels had been taken out
d Lebanon, Mo-, and proper chemic
g applied as a preventive agail
Is putrifaction.
The details Of the murder had be
Il made known pretty generally, and
ID along the railroad, especially in Il,
"a nessee, crowds Of people hocked to
Of stations to get a glance at the
Of containing the noted bandit.
At lockwood it is said that tn
to were 300 people gathered, cage
~ seeking a glance.