The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-29
AN ExC1T1Ne EPISODE.
John Taylor. a PriEOner At the County
jail, Shot While Attempting to Make

John Taylor. a PriHOner At the County
jail, Shot While Attempting to Make
His Escape.
Thursday afternoon while John Tay-
Tor (colored), one of the prisoners at the
county jail was engaged in some work
about the court house, he took adYan-
tage of the kindness OF Deputy Sheriff
Beers, who has made practice of thus
allowing certain OF the prisoners relief
from the tedium of close confinement.
and made an effort 10 escape.
About 8 O'Clock in the evening, while
attention was for II moment diverted
from him, he skipped, but had not long
been gone before he was missed. Mr..
Beers at once apprehended the situation
and lost no time in sending Alex. Blake
more in the direction of the round house
in search of Taylor, while he himself
looked in another direction. Blake
more found Taylor near the round house
evidently intent upon boarding the
first freight train that should come
along. He took him in charge and
started with him for the Jail, but when
near the lime house at the Chicago lum-
Der yard Taylor fiercely turned upon
him and threw him down, and
in the scuffie Blakemore's fin-
ger was badly bitten, as was
also his lip, and his revolver was acct
dentally discharged, the report of which
attracted Mr.. Beers attention. On free
ing himself, Taylor jumped up and ran,
but had not gone over thirty feet when
Blakemore opened fire upon him, and
fired two shots, the second taking effect
in the flesby part of Taylor's right leg
above the knee. This scared him so
badly that he did not know what be was
doing, and he ran through Mr.. Clapp's
house in his excitement. Beers now
joined in the chase and captured his
man near the corner of Fourth and Com
mercial streets, and took him to the
Jail.
The wound was dressed by DR.. Frost,
who probed unsuccessfully for the
ball. However, il seems to give the
patient little annoyance, and no Sc
rious results are appFehended. II
will be remembered that Taylor was
some weeks ago arrested for petty lar
ceny and having been found guilty was
committed to Jail on three counts the
penalty for each being costs in the sum
of So and ten days imprisonment, aggre-
eating SIS costs and 80 days in Jail. He
had served % days, and even afler the
80 days would have been held for the
costs, and the chances for his early re
lease were exceedingly slim.
Wednesday Sheriff Ryan received let |
from the sheriff of Labette county asking
when Taylor's term would expire, and
adding that he was wanted IN that coun-
ty TO answer 10 certain |
charges, the exact nature OF
which was not stated. For the pur-
pose of eliciting facts bearing on the |
Labette county matter, Beers entered in |
TO conversation with Taylor yesterday, |
which evidently aroused his suspicious,
and The fact that the officers of that |
county were inquiring after his welfare |
probably had more to do with his trying |
TO escape than the mere fact that some /
white man told him he ought TO "walk |
Off" The wound in Taylor's leg is not |
a serious or even very painful one, and /
will do him little harm. but will re-
mind him OF the inadvisability Of trying |
to "Waik away" before he is set at liber-